Olga Klaskovskaya

Affiliated media: Freelance Journalist

Incident date: October 4, 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, Maladzyechna

Additional information:

Belarusian journalist and former prisoner of conscience Olga Klasovskaya's Instagram page has been designated 'extremist material' by a Maladzyechna district court in the Minsk region. Based on the court's decision, the Ministry of Information added the page to its 'Republic List of Extremist Materials'. According to Belarusian legislation, possession and distribution of such materials implies administrative responsibility, both for publishers and users.