Mikita Melkaziorau - Justice for Journalists

Mikita Melkaziorau

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Zhizn-malina, Blogger

Incident date: October 8, 2024

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Volozhin

Additional information:

The court of the Volozhinsky District of the Minsk region ruled to consider an «extremist materials» the content of the YouTube account Zhizn-malina (identifier @malina_shorts). This link leads to the video channel Zhizn-malina of the blogger Mikita Melkaziorau. The Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus added the Internet resource to the Republican List of Extremist Materials based on the court decision.

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