Media Polesye - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Media Polesye, News website

Incident date: July 28, 2021

Attack type:

Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Belarus, Luninets

Additional information:

Luninetsky District Court fined MP Company LLC, to which Media Polesye is registered, 199 basic amounts for republishing the «Pinsk case» material. The legal entity was found guilty of publishing on the Internet resource information, the dissemination of which is prohibited by law (Part 4 of Article 23.5 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus).

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