Naviny.online - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Naviny.online, News website

Incident date: April 12, 2021

Attack type:

Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

At the request of the Ministry of Information, access to Naviny.online, a «mirror» website of Naviny.by, was restricted in the evening of April 12. The main website of the online newspaper Naviny.by was blocked by the decision of the Ministry of Information at the end of August 2020.

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