Radio Unet - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Radio Unet, Website of the radio station, Social networks accounts

Incident date: July 4, 2023

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, Homiel

Additional information:

The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Homel declared «extremist materials» the content of the website and pages in social networks belonging to the radio station Radio Unet. The Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus added the Internet resource to the Republican List of Extremist Materials on the basis of the court decision. According to the Belarusian law, distribution and storage of materials declared extremist provides for administrative liability for both publishers and users.

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