Flagstok - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Flagstok, Online media

Incident date: April 26, 2022

Attack type:

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

Location: Belarus, Homel

Additional information:

The KGB of Belarus declared the Homel-based online media Flagstok and its social networks pages as «extremist formation». «A group of citizens united through the Flagstok website, the Flagstok-Homelshchyna Telegram channel, and the Flagstok Telegram chat room carry out extremist activities», — the security agency reported.

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