Affiliated media: Reform.news, Mirror of Reform.by

Incident date: August 22, 2022

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 Ministry of Information blocked the domain reform.news, a mirror of Reform.by. When trying to access it, the visitor sees the following message: «Access to the resource is restricted based on the decision of the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus, adopted on the basis of the Law of the Republic of Belarus "On Mass Media". Access to the resource is restricted on the basis of Paragraph 11 of the Regulation on the Procedure for Restricting Access to Information Resources (their Components) Located on the Global Computer Network Internet. Reform.by itself was blocked by the Ministry of Information back on August 25, 2021. Last time, the editorial board received an explanation from the officials about the reason for the blocking. It turned out that it was all about hyperlinks to «extremist resources». An attempt to remove such links did not lead to the unblocking of the website.