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Eurovision body suspends Belarus
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The European Broadcasting Union in Geneva, which organises the Eurovision Song Contest, has suspended Belarus state broadcaster BRTC, after Belarus forced an airplane to land to snatch an opposition journalist, and due its wider crackdown on free press. It pledged to uphold core values of freedom of expression, independence, and accountability, announcing the move Friday. Earlier this year, it banned Belarus Eurovision song entry for resembling pro-regime propaganda.
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21.01.2021, 16:44
The Belarusian Foundation for Cultural Solidarity has sent a request to the European Broadcasting Union.
The Belarusian Foundation for Cultural Solidarity (BFCS) has launched a campaign to exclude Belteleradiocompany from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Also, BFCS wants to deprive BT of the rights to participate and broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest, euroradio.pl reports.
A corresponding letter has been sent to the office of the European Broadcasting Union in Geneva.
In his post on Facebook, the representative of the fund,
Sergei Budkin, explained that they do not want to deprive Belarus of Eurovision. We want to ensure that Belteleradiocompany is not related to everything that is called European since this building is not located in Europe. It is in the territory of Evil.