Hrodna.life - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Hrodna.life, News site, youtube channel, social networks

Incident date: April 8, 2024

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 Journaliss

Location: Belarus, Hrodna

Additional information:

Independent news website Hrodna.life has been designated as extremist content by a Leninsk district court in Hrodna. The ban includes the website hrodna.life, a mirror-site, Hrodna's instagram account (instagram.com/hrodna.lite), youtube channel Hrodna One Love, the site's vk page (vk.com/hrodna.like), facebook account (facebook.com/hrodna.one.love) and email account. Based on the court's decision, the Ministry of Information added the channel to its 'Republic List of Extremist Materials'.

Help Ukrainian Media:

Gofundme campaign (by Jakub Parusinski) or 2402.org (by Zaborona Media) or IFJ/EFJ Safety Fund