Affiliated media: Europa Plus TV, TV programme

Incident date: May 4, 2023

Attack type:

• Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Ministry of Information of Belarus issued a written warning for violation of the Law on Mass Media to EuroPlusTV LLC, which is the founder of the TV programme Europa Plus TV. The agency did not specify what claims were made against the TV channel, but the propagandist Telegram channel hinted that the warning was issued for «allowing TV presenter Larysa Hrybalyova to host a children’s programme». «Think who you let in the air», — wrote the propagandists. Earlier, Larysa Hrybalyova got into the unspoken list of 80 performers who are banned from performing in the country. In 2020, she was one of the thousand Belarusian cultural figures, who spoke out against the violence of law enforcers against protesting fellow citizens.