Rehiyanalnaya Gazeta - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Rehiyanalnaya Gazeta, Newspaper

Incident date: February 24, 2022

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, Molodechno

Additional information:

The Molodechno District Court declared 15 articles of the independent newspaper Rehiyanalnaya Gazeta, published in the print edition in 2020, «extremist materials». It should be the noted that the newspaper suspended publication of the printed version in July 2021 after searches in the office of the editorial board and employees of the media outlet.

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