Affiliated media: KYKY, News website

Incident date: December 26, 2022

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Homiel

Additional information:

The Zheleznodarozhny District Court of Homiel declared the news website KYKY, its Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook pages, as well as visual materials of the publication (logo, images, digital watermark, etc.) containing the words «KYKY, kyky_org» extremist materials. The media outlet’s Telegram channel was declared «extremist» earlier. According to the Belarusian law, distribution and storage of materials declared extremist provides for administrative responsibility for both publishers and users.