RFE/RL - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: RFE/RL, Online news outlet

Incident date: April 2, 2020

Attack type:

Non-physical and/or cyber-attacks and threats

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Journalists of Radio Liberty and a number of other independent media outlets were not allowed into the Oval Hall of the Parliament at the opening of the session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus. The reason for this decision was the epidemiological situation in the country.

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