Affiliated media: Belaruskaya Prauda, News website

Incident date: August 8, 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, Minsk

Additional information:

The websites belprauda.com and sport-podpis.сlub were blocked in Belarus. The decision was made by the Minsk prosecutor’s office. Belaruskaya Prauda (belprauda.com) is an independent online media outlet, whose employees were previously forced to leave the country because of persecution. The website sport-podpis.сlub contains information about the athletes who signed a pro-government letter in 2020 after the presidential election.