Affiliated media: Mediazona Belarus, Online news outlet

Incident date: December 1, 2020

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Ministry of Information blocked access to the website mediazona.by (Mediazona Belarus). Later, the Ministry of Information sent a written notice to the editorial office about the blocking. It said that the reason for the access ban on the territory of Belarus was the «dissemination of information products recognised as extremist» and mentioned the ban on the NEXTA Live channel. The editorial board of the Belarusian Mediazona claims that they did not publish links to the Telegram channel NEXTA Live or photos and videos with the channel logo after they were recognised as extremist.