Affiliated media: European Radio for Belarus, Online media outlet, Twitter account, Facebook account

Incident date: April 26, 2023

Attack type:

• Court trial
• 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: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Barysau

Additional information:

The Barysau District Court declared the content of the website of European Radio for Belarus and its media page on Twitter «extremist materials». Based on the court ruling, the Ministry of Information included these Internet resources in the Republican List of Extremist Materials. According to the Belarusian law, distribution and storage of materials declared extremist provides for administrative responsibility for both publishers and users. On April 12, the Barysau District Court declared «extremist materials» the content of the account of European Radio for Belarus on Facebook.