Affiliated media: Intex-press.by, Online media

Incident date: April 29, 2023

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Baranavichy

Additional information:

The court of the Baranavichy district and Baranavichy city recognised the content of the independent regional media outlet Intex-press.by as «extremist materials». At the request of the Baranavichy inter-district prosecutor’s office, the court recognised the website, Telegram and YouTube accounts, and pages in the social networks Odnoklassniki, Instagram, Twitter, VKontakte, Facebook, and TikTok as extremist. From now on, any creation, distribution or even storage of media outlet materials will be treated by the authorities as an offence, which entails fines and arrest.