Deutsche Welle - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Deutsche Welle, News website

Incident date: March 9, 2022

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Tsentralny District Court of Minsk declared the Telegram channel and chat of DW Belarus, as well as the entire content of Deutsche Welle and its logo «extremist» materials. The court made such a decision based on the materials of the inspection of the Main Department for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.

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