Newspaper “Nasha Niva” Received Two Warnings From Information Ministry

An independent newspaper Nasha Niva has received two official warnings from the Ministry of Information for the articles about the scandalous documentary “Godbatka”, aired by Russian NTV channel.

The first warning was issued on July 22 over Nasha Niva’s article that accused the authorities of confiscating the Belarusian-language paper’s issue that featured a story about “Godbatka”, a documentary that was not showed in Belarus, BelaPAN reported.

The second warning was issued on July 26 over the heading of the paper’s article about an event held by members of the pro-government Belarusian National Youth Union to protest the broadcast of the documentary. The headline said, "BNYU advertises ’Godbatka’ with help of garbage."

According to the Ministry of information the article damaged the reputation of the government-funded youth organization, saying that the event had not been meant to advertise the film.