Affiliated media: Novosti Polotchiny , VKontakte Page

Incident date: July 26, 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 Journalists

Location: Belarus, Polatsk

Additional information:

The VK page titled 'Naviny Polaččyny (Polack, Navapolack)', which is the official page for news website 'Novosti Polotchiny' has been designated 'extremist material' by a Polatsk municipal and district court. Based on the court's decision, the Ministry of Information added the page to its 'Republic List of Extremist Materials'.