Affiliated media: Еx-press.bу, Online media

Incident date: February 20, 2023

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Barysau

Additional information:

The content of the independent regional media outlet ex-press.bу was declared «extremist materials». This decision was made by the Barysau District Court at the request of the district prosecutor. In the suit, the prosecutor’s office claimed that the website «regularly publishes materials aimed at inciting social enmity and discord, publishes deliberately false information about the political, economic, social, military, and international situation of the Republic of Belarus, which discredits the country».