YouTube channel "vDUD" - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: YouTube channel "vDUD" , YouTube channel

Incident date: March 10, 2022

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Tsentralny District Court of Minsk recognized three videos on the YouTube channel «vDud» as extremist. The «extremist» videos included the interview with the authors of the Telegram channel NEXTA Stsiapan Putsila and Raman Pratasevich, comedian Slava Kamisaranka, and the movie «How to Live If They Deprive You of Your Homeland» about the life of Belarusians in exile.

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