Affiliated media: Pershy Rehiyon, X account

Incident date: January 5, 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, Brest

Additional information:

The Leninsky District Court of Brest declared «extremist materials» the content of the account of the online media outlet Pershy Rehiyon in the social network X (former Twitter). This decision was made by judge Alla Vinahradova. Based on the court decision, the Ministry of Information of Belarus included this Internet resource in the Republican List of Extremist Materials. The website of Pershy Rehiyon, which covers the events in the Brest Region, was declared «extremist materials» in December 2021, when the authorities blocked access to it for readers from the territory of the country.