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Novy Chas

Novy Chas (Belarusian: Новы Час, New Time in English) is a private newspaper from Belarus.[1] It comes every week. It writes about society and politics in the Belarusian language.

Novy Chas
Novy Chas logo.jpg
TypeWeekly newspaper
PublisherFrantsishak Skaryna Belarusian Language Society
Editor-in-chiefAksana Kolb
FoundedMarch 2007; 19 years ago (2007)
LanguageBelarusian
HeadquartersMinsk
Circulation3600 (February 2021)
Sister newspapersNasha Slova
ISSN2218-2144
Websitenovychas.online

History

The government has been making troubles for Novy Chas all the time. Shortly after its start, Novy Chas was stopped to be printed.[2] The newspaper was warned by the government of Belarus at the end of 2007.[3] In June 2010, the paper was also warned by the Ministry of Information.[4] Then it was took away from stores run by the government.[4]

It has been writing about the 2020 Belarusian protests and 2020 Belarusian presidential election, so several journalists of Novy Chas have been tried and arrested for that.[5][6]

Since February 2021, the newspaper is taken away from stores run by the government again.[7]

On May 28, 2021, the Deputy Prosecutor General of Belarus Maksim Voronin made a warning to the editor-in-chief of Novy Chas.[8] The official did not like three stories printed in the newspaper in February and April 2021.[8] The warning was written in Russian and had some citations from these Belarusian stories.[8] Their translation from the Belarusian language into the Russian language was wrong, though.[8] On June 7, 2021, Belposhta (Belpost (Belarusian: Белпошта), Belarusian postal service) said no to making an agreement on using its subscription services for the second half of 2021 to the office of Novy Chas.[9]

On August 10, 2021, it became known that there will be no newspaper in the print form after August 12.[10] The private printing house "Roll Print" wrote a letter about it on July 27.[10] The printing house ran into troubles in the process of printing, so it became not possible to stick to the agreement on printing, it said.[10] Novy Chas tried to find a new printing house but did not make it.[10] Novy Chas promised that its website and social network services would be kept going.[10]

On October 19–20, 2021, the Novy Chas office and the houses of its journalist were looked for.[11] The people were interrogated.[12][11] Computers and other things were taken away.[11] The European Federation of Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists, the Belarusian Association of Journalists said bad words on that.[12]

On October 28, 2021, the domain name of Novy Chas novychas.by was stopped working in Belarus and other countries of the world.[13] As a result, its journalists had to make another website of Novy Chas.[14] It is novychas.online.[14]

In January 2024, it became known that the website and Internet pages of Novy Chas were banned in Belarus.[15] Earlier in 2023, the newspaper's Telegram channel,[16] its Odnoklassniki group,[17] Instagram page[18] and TikTok account[19] were banned as well.

In 2026, the Belarusian government named the newspaper an extremist group.[20]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Dimiter Kenarov. Tongue Oppressor (in en). Columbia Journalism Review (2012-03-02). Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  2. ↑ The "Novy Chas" Newspaper Resumed Publication (in en) (2007-05-25)Kontrateksty. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  3. ↑ Independent Belarusian Newspaper Threatened With Closure (in en) (2007-12-07)Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Information Ministry Issues Warning to Newspaper Novy Chas (in en) (2010-06-14)Democratic Belarus. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  5. ↑ Фотакор Яна Трусіла атрымала 13 сутак за сваю прафесійную дзейнасць (in be). Новы Час (2020-11-02). Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  6. ↑ Фотакора «Новага Часу» Яну Трусіла асудзілі на 15 сутак (дапоўнена) (in be). Новы Час (2020-11-30). Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  7. ↑ Печатную версию «Брестской газеты» постигла участь «Народной воли», «БелГазеты», «Свободных новостей Плюс» (in ru). mediaiq.by (2021-01-19)Brestskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Shustin, Aaron. ЖУРНАЛИСТЫ ИЛИ ЭКСТРЕМИСТЫ? (in ru) (2021-06-02)Independent Israeli site / אתר ישראלי עצמאי / Независимый израильский сайт / Незалежны iзраiльскi сайт. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  9. ↑ «Белпочта» исключила газету «Новы Час» из подписного каталога (in ru) (2021-06-07)Brestskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 АД. Выхад газеты «Новы час» прыпынены: прыватная друкарня адмовілася яе друкаваць (in be) (2021-08-10)Belsat. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Karmanau, Yuras. Belarusian authorities raid top independent newspaper (in en). The San Diego Union-Tribune (2021-10-20). Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Belarus: 'Novy Chas' newspaper raided, staff interrogated (in en) (2021-10-22)IFEX. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  13. ↑ АГ/ИР. Перестали открываться сайты газеты «Новы час» и ресурсов «Настоящее время» и «Deutsche Welle» (in ru) (2021-10-28)Belsat. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 В Беларуси заблокирован сайт газеты «Новы час», работает «зеркало» (in ru) (2021-10-28)naviny.by. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  15. ↑ Кружка, книги, СМИ, аккаунты TikTok – большое обновление списка экстремистских материалов (in ru). Reform.news [be] (2024-01-05).
  16. ↑ Телеграм-канал издания «Новы час» признан экстремистским (in ru). Reform.news [be] (2023-01-18).
  17. ↑ Группы «Радыё Свабода» и «Новы час» в «Одноклассниках» признаны экстремистскими (in ru). Reform.news [be] (2023-05-23).
  18. ↑ Новый проект Ольги Лойко Plan B признали экстремистским (in ru). Reform.news [be] (2023-07-25).
  19. ↑ «Новы час», ЗБС и Настасся Роўда – кто попал в обновленный список «экстремистских материалов» (in ru). Reform.news [be] (2023-08-09).
  20. ↑ «Новы час» и БРЦ признаны «экстремистскими формированиями» в Беларуси (in ru). Reform.news [be].
  21. ↑ Dawn Arteaga. Belarus' Pioneering Editor and Ugandan Human Rights Reporter Named 2008 Knight International Journalism Award Winners (in en) (2008-07-03)International Center for Journalists. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  22. ↑ Марина Рахлей. Алексей Король: лучше не премии получать, а жить в свободной стране (in ru) (2008-07-04)naviny.by. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  23. ↑ Belarusian Newspaper Novy Chas Wins Award of Germany's Zeit Foundation (in en) (2009-06-04)Democratic Belarus. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  24. ↑ Free Press defenders receive awards at the Nobel Institute in Oslo (in en) (2011-06-17)Human Rights House. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  25. ↑ Недзяржаўная газета "Новы час" атрымала прэмію нямецкага фонда "Цайт" (in be) (2009-06-04)European Radio for Belarus. Retrieved 2017-01-17.

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