Brest: nobody wants to take responsibility for censorship
Dyiana Kastsiukovich, a candidate for the
Parliament at Brest-Eastern election constituency #3, nominated by the United
Civil Party, still cannot receive a precise answer to her appeals to different
state agencies in connection with the limitations she had faced during the
recording of her TV speech.
In particular, workers of the TV and radio company “Brest” prohibited her to use the words
“boycott”, “picket” and “Lukashenka”.
As Dyiana Kastsiukovich found out from an answer of the Central Election Commission,
the question of what can be said in a TV speech to the electorate, is in the
competency of a Supervisory Board, but the powers of this institution weren't
explained to the candidate, According to another answer, the responsibility for
the violation of freedom of expression is on the TV and radio company. What
concerns the administration of the company, it hasn't answered the candidate's
appeal yet.
“Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections”
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