Belarus - Authorities step up Internet restrictions, harassment of online journalists

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is concerned about the constant harassment of online journalists and Internet users. In the latest case, Natalia Radzina, the editor of the Charter'97 opposition website (www.charter97.org), was interrogated in Minsk on 1 July about a comment posted on the site. It was the fourth time she has been interrogated since March. “The authorities are stepping up the tension by increasing the frequency of interrogations, confiscation of material and legislative initiatives (...)

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