What is Belarusian Association of Journalists?
{{Infobox organization|| leader_title = chairman|logo=| leader_name =Andrei Bastunets}} The '''Belarusian Association of Journalists''' (BAJ) ({{lang-be|Беларуская асацыяцыя журналістаў}} '''Biełaruskaja Asacyjacyja Žurnalistaǔ''') is a [[non-governmental organisation]] of [[journalist]]s in [[Belarus]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Каравянкова|first=Таццяна|language=be|title=«Аддаваць» мэдыясфэру ўлады не маюць намеру|url=http://by.belapan.by/archive/2009/05/25/eu_eu_eu1141_306457/|publisher=[[BelaPAN]]|date=2009-05-25|access-date=2013-03-26|archive-date=2021-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305073853/https://by.belapan.by/archive/2009/05/25/eu_eu_eu1141_306457/|url-status=dead}}</ref> To have [[freedom of speech]] and rights of receiving and distributing information are its desire.<ref>{{Cite web|date=Jun 6, 2003|url=http://baj.ru/indexe.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030606083809/http://baj.ru/indexe.htm|archive-date=2003-06-06|access-date=Aug 14, 2020|title=Домен продается. Купить в магазине доменов RU-CENTER}}</ref> It was made in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ngo.by/en/projects/belarusian-association-journalists|title=Belarusian Association of Journalists &#124;|access-date=Aug 14, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031220418/http://www.ngo.by/en/projects/belarusian-association-journalists|url-status=dead}}</ref> BAJ is a friend of the [[International Federation of Journalists]], the [[European Federation of Journalists]], and [[Reporters Without Borders]]. It got the [[European Parliament]]'s [[Sakharov Prize]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/sakharov/laureates/belarusian_en.html|publisher=[[European Parliament]]|title=The Belarusian Association of Journalists – Sakharov Prize Laureate 2004|access-date=2016-10-29|archive-date=2016-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029094022/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/sakharov/laureates/belarusian_en.html|url-status=dead}}<