Khata Belsata (The Belsat House) - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Khata Belsata (the Belsat house), Facebook group

Incident date: August 23, 2024

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

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Vitebsk

Additional information:

Facebook group 'Khata Belsata' (facebook.com/groups/hata.belsata) has been designated 'extremist content' by a Railway district court in Vitebsk. The group features links to broadcasts from TV channel Belsat. This follows a whole series of Belsat pages on various internet platforms being designated as 'extremist' back in July 2021.

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