Affiliated media: Belarusian Investigative Center, Video investigation of the center

Incident date: August 12, 2022

Attack type:

• Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The video investigation by the Belarusian Investigative Center about the criminal «case of orthopedists» was recognized as extremist material. The decision was made by the Minsk Tsentralny District Court. The subject is the first part of the investigation, where journalists tell about the case in which 35 doctors were detained. At that time, many medical institutions in the country were subjected to unscheduled inspections, some even had their licenses suspended. The journalists claim that the «orthopedic case» helped the owners of a private clinic with ties to Lukashenko.