Affiliated media: Ex-press.by, Online media

Incident date: April 27, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Barysau

Additional information:

The Operational and Analytical Centre under the President of Belarus deprived the independent media outlet Ex-press.bу of its domain in the Belarusian segment of the Internet. The owner of the domain name received the corresponding e-mail signed by the deputy head of the Centre Siarhei Zharnasek. The deprivation of the domain took place without appealing to the court. Ex-press.by is a regional media outlet, which covers news in Barysau and Zhodzina. Earlier, the Belarusian authorities recognised the website’s products as «extremist materials». The media outlet’s team works from emigration.