Belarusian Association of Journalists - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Belarusian Association of Journalists, Human rights organisation

Incident date: June 19, 2023

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Ministry of Information included a separate publication from the website of the Belarusian Association of Journalists into the Republican List of Extremist Materials based on the decision of Tsentralny District Court of Minsk. The article from March 15 entitled «From elite to outcasts: another winner of the contest Televershina was fired from BT» described how the management of the state media was dealing with employees disloyal to the authorities.

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