Affiliated media: Intex-press, Online media

Incident date: February 15, 2023

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Baranavichy

Additional information:

The editorial office of the regional media outlet Intex-press was searched by police officers. The order for «inspection of the premises» states that it was authorised as part of an inspection «on the fact of violation of the law on mass media». The violations were not specified, but the order lists videos published on the Intex-press YouTube channel, among them: «What Baranavichy residents would ask Ded Moroz», «What Baranavichy residents would ask the head of the city», and others. The document notes that the inspection was ordered "given the presence of sufficient grounds to believe that during the inspection <...> traces of an administrative offence, other materials and objects may be found, as well as other circumstances relevant to the case of an administrative offence. As a result, the law enforcers seized system blocks, a camera, laptops, including personal laptops of Intex-press employees, as well as computer equipment of the accounting and advertising departments.