Pro Stolin - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Pro Stolin, Online media outlet

Incident date: February 13, 2024

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Brest

Additional information:

The Leninsky District Court of Brest declared «extremist information materials» the regional website Pro Stolin — stolin.by, as well as the personal page of the editor of this website Aliaksandr Ignatsiuk in the social network VKontakte. Ignatsiuk himself was detained and placed in pre-trial detention centre back in August 2023. The Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus added these Internet resources to the Republican List of Extremist Materials on the basis of the court decision.

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