Belsat TV - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Belsat TV , TV channel, News website

Incident date: July 27, 2021

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: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Location: Belarus, Gomel

Additional information:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus declared the website and all social networks of the Belsat TV as "extremist". On 27 July, the court of the Zheleznodorozhniy district of Gomel issued this decision based on the records of the inspection of the administration of the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Gomel region. The court order blocks Belsat’s website and all social media accounts in Belarus.

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