Affiliated media: Media-Polesye, Facebook account

Incident date: May 18, 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, Pinsk

Additional information:

The court of Pinsk and the Pinsk District ruled to consider «extremist information materials» the Facebook community Media-Polesye. This Internet resource belongs to the independent regional online media outlet Media-Polesye. The corresponding decision was made by Judge Siarhei Bezruchka. The Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus added the resource to the «Republican List of Extremist Materials» on the basis of the court decision.