Hazeta Slonimskaya

Hazeta Slonimskaya (Belarusian: Газета Слонімская; Russian: Газета Слонимская; 7,000 to 8,000 copies[1]) is an independent local Belarusian newspaper. It is published in Slonim, Belarus.

Hazeta Slonimskaya
Founder(s)Anna Volodarshchuk
Founded1997
LanguageBilingual (Belarusian and Russian)
HeadquartersSlonim, Belarus
Circulation7,000 to 8,000 copies
Websitewww.gs.by

On November 9, 2020, the house of the founder of the newspaper Anna Volodarshchuk and the editorial office of Hazeta Slonimskaya were searched, computers and other storage media were taken away, and work was paralyzed.[2] As a result of that, the November 11 issue of Hazeta Slonimskaya was not published for the first time in 23 years.[2] Anna Volodarshchuk left Belarus due to the threat of criminal prosecution.[3]

On November 18, 2020, Anna Volodarshchuk reported that it became impossible to publish the newspaper in conditions of violence, so Hazeta Slonimskaya suspended its publication for six months.[4][5] In the assessment of the chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Andrei Bastunets, the crackdown on Hazeta Slonimskaya confirms the pressure of the authorities on the regional press.[5]

References
  1. http://www.gs.by/ru/37/520/
  2. Служба информации «БГ» (2020-11-13). "На этой неделе не вышла «Газета Слонімская»". Brestskaya Gazeta (newspaper) (in Russian) (46 (935)): 24.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. Радыё Свабода
  4. ""Газета Слонімская" прыпыніла свой выхад на паўгода" (in Belarusian). Belarusian Association of Journalists. 2020-11-18. Archived from the original on 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  5. Петрович, Алесь (2020-11-30). "Обыск у издателя: как власти Беларуси давят на независимую прессу в регионах" (in Russian). Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-04.


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