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Authorities blocked website of Belarusian Association of Journalists
Belsat TV’s site, social media accounts labeled extremist group by police
According to the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, groups of citizens united with the help of Belsat online media were recognized as extremist groups and banned from operating in the Republic of Belarus.
Belarusian journalists and BAJ won Free Media Awards
Belarusian authorities block access to website of Russia’s Regnum news agency
Journalist Dzyanis Ivashyn charged with treason. He faces up to 15 years in prison
Journalist Iryna Slaunikava arrested for “distribution of extremist materials” for 15 days
Belarusian authorities block access to three news websites
Local news site ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY designated extremist
The content of the local news site ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY has been designated extremist at the request of the Barysaŭ District Prosecutor’s Office, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday.
ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY covers news in Barysaŭ and Žodzina, two cities in the Minsk region. According to the ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY editorial team, some 100,000 people visit the website every day.
In addition, the “extremist” label has been slapped on the content of a Telegram chat that unites residents of the city of Šarkaŭščyna in the Viciebsk region. The decision has been made at the request of the Šarkaŭščyna District Prosecutor’s Office.
Authorities block access to news website Telegraf.by
Prominent journalist rearrested following his release after three days in jail
Novy Chas editors searched and interrogated
Detention of BelaPAN director general extended by two more months
No release for journalist Andrej Skurko after three months in detention
Siarhei Niarouny’s trial over extremism postponed to Wednesday
The trial of journalist Siarhei Niarouny detained over the weekend and accused of distributing extremist materials has started in Krychau.
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