Affiliated media: Ex-press.live, Online media, Social networks pages

Incident date: October 24, 2023

Attack type:

• Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Barysau

Additional information:

By the decision of the KGB of Belarus, the Barysau-based news website Ex-press.live and all pages of the media outlet in social networks were declared «extremist formations». The KGB message lists as involved in this regional media outlet: Mila Polyak (editor-in-chief and administrator), Anastasia Bobrovskaya, Oleg Matskevich, Pavel Slyapukhin and Alena Kulbyakina. According to the law, any interaction with resources declared «extremist formations» entails the possibility of criminal prosecution and imprisonment of up to 7 years for participation in an extremist formation or assistance to an extremist formation (Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus).