Affiliated media: Belsat, News website

Incident date: May 7, 2021

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Naviny.by

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

At the request of the Ministry of Information, access to the «mirror» website of the Polish TV channel Belsat broadcasting to Belarus — blstv.eu (the main website is belsat.eu) — was restricted. When trying to go to the address of the «mirror» website, the following message is displayed: «Access to the resource is restricted due to the decision of the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus, taken on the basis of the Law of the Republic of Belarus On Mass Media. Access to the resource is restricted on the basis of clause 11 of the Regulations on the procedure for restricting access to information resources (their constituent parts) placed in the global computer network Internet».