The Arab-European Association for Media and Communication Researchers

He said his action was inevitable: after six and a half years in power Mikhail Gorbatschev confirmed his resignation on television tonight. The dissolution of the Soviet Union gave a chance for media in Belarus to become independent. Unfortunately, this independence did not last long. After Aliaksandr Lukaschenka came to power in 1994, the media again gradually became subject to restrictions and censorship. “What are you filming? Who are you? I asked you, what are you filming?” The development of the Internet and social media has given another promise of liberation to journalists, but will this promise be fulfilled? Alexander…