Affiliated media: Brestskaya Gazeta, News website

Incident date: December 8, 2021

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, Brest

Additional information:

Access to the website of Brestskaya Gazeta was restricted by a decision of Brest Region prosecutor allegedly because of numerous violations. «Some articles were accompanied by radical messages inciting enmity on political and ideological grounds. Other information was also published, which clearly negatively characterised the social and political situation in the country after the election campaign and discredited the activities of state and law enforcement agencies», — the prosecutor’s office said. Previously, the authorities declared the information products of the website of Brestskaya Gazeta «extremist materials».