Charter 97 - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Charter 97 , Pro-human rights news site

Incident date: April 24, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Some Belarusian Internet operators blocked the mirror website of Charter 97. The site cannot be opened by many subscribers of Beltelekom and mobile operators. We will recall that charter97.org ceased to be accessible within Belarus by its main address in January 2018.

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