Belarus - Belarusian journalists banned from travelling abroad

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns the Belarusian government's decision to close the country's borders for journalists. During the past few days, several Belarusian independent journalists have been unable to travel to neighbouring European Union countries while at least one journalist from an EU country has been prevented from visiting Belarus. “These illegal restrictions violate the Belarusian constitution and impose grave restrictions on the work of the journalists affected,” (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - mardi 20 mars 2012