Media-Polesye - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Media-Polesye, News website

Incident date: September 2, 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, Luninets

Additional information:

In the evening, the website of the media outlet Media-Polesye stopped opening for most users from Belarus. In the morning of September 3, it stopped working abroad as well. The users saw the following information when opening the website: «Access to the information resource is restricted based on the decision of the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus, taken on the basis of the Law On Mass Media».

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