Affiliated media: Hazeta Slonimskaya , Online news outlet

Incident date: February 7, 2022

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Slonim

Additional information:

The Ministry of Information has restricted access to the news outlet gs.by (Hazeta Slonimskaya). According to the Ministry, the reason for the blocking was the violation of the law on the mass media in terms of posting information which is prohibited for distribution. The printed version of Hazeta Slonimskaya stopped its distribution on November 9, 2020. On that day, searches were conducted at the publisher's home and the editorial office, and all equipment was confiscated.