MOST - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: MOST, Online news outlet, Social media networks

Incident date: April 28, 2022

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Grodno

Additional information:

Leninsky District Court of Grodno recognised online news outlet MOST and its Telegram channel and pages on Facebook and VKontakte social networks as «extremist materials». The MOST website is a team of Belarusian journalists in forced exile, which is based in the Polish border town of Bialystok.

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