EX-PRESS.by - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: EX-PRESS.by, News website

Incident date: August 6, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The website of the regional media ex-press.by was blocked by the decision of the Ministry of Information. «Today, on August 6, starting from 2 PM, EX-PRESS.BY website stopped responding. We contacted the technical support of our host provider. We were told that the resource was blocked by the decision of the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus», – states the Telegram channel of the media.

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