Affiliated media: Hantsavitski Chas, Online media

Incident date: November 3, 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, Hantsavichy

Additional information:

The website of the regional media outlet Hantsavitski Chas was declared «extremist». This decision was made by the Leninski District Court of Brest. Based on the court decision, the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus added the website to the Republican List of Extremist Materials. According to the Belarusian law, the production, distribution, or storage of materials declared extremist provides for administrative liability for both publishers and users.