Affiliated media: Reform.by, News site

Incident date: April 15, 2024

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Operational and Analytical Center under the Aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus (OAS) has removed news site Reformation's domain (Reform.by) from the Belarussian (.by) internet. A memorandum, signed by OAS deputy Sergey Zhernosek explains that 'the administrators of the national internet domain decided to cancel the reform.by registration in the centralised domain-name database'. This comes after the site 'Reformation' was added to the Republic's list of extremist materials based on a court order.