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Incident date: February 22, 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, Rossony

Additional information:

The court of the Rossony District of the Vitsebsk Region ruled to consider «extremist information materials» a video with the title «Why Lukashenko needs elections and what should the opposition do», which was posted on the YouTube channel Svaboda Premium. 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.

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