Affiliated media: YouTube channel 'Media Polesye', Youtube Channel

Incident date: July 22, 2024

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Hantsevichy

Additional information:

The Youtube Channel for independent regional news site ' Media Polesye' has been designated as an 'extremist content' by a Hantsavichy district court in the Brest region. The decision was handed down by judge Oksana Zotkina at the request of local prosecutor Aleksandr Gurbanovich. Based on the court's decision, the Ministry of Information added the resource to its 'Republic List of Extremist Materials'.