Pershy Rehiyon - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Pershy Rehiyon, News website

Incident date: December 27, 2021

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, Hantsevichy

Additional information:

The Hantsevichy District Court declared the regional online media outlet Pershy Rehiyon (1reg.by) an «extremist material». The website was included in the republican list of extremist materials published on the website of the Ministry of Information.

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