Charter 97 - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Charter 97, News Website

Incident date: August 14, 2024

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalist

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Several articles on website Charter97.org have been designated as 'extremist content' by a court in Minsk's central district. This includes the following: 'Natalya Radina: The war might have unexpected consequences for Lukashenko' (published on the 19th of August 2024), 'Murders of Belarusian political prisoners discussed in the European Parliament' (4th of April) and 'Natalya Radina and "Gazecie Wyborczej": Belarus will be free!' (16th of May). The site itself (Charter97.org), meanwhile, was added to the list of extremist content back in February 2022.

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