Svetlana Bogush

Affiliated media: The Mozyr Oil Refiner (industrial newspaper), Editor-in-Chief

Incident date: July 18, 2024

Attack type:

• Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Belarussian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Mozyr

Additional information:

Journalist Svetlana Bogush has been fired as editor-in-chief of the industrial newspaper 'The Mozyr Oil Refiner' after being convicted of 'extremism'. This comes almost straight after she was found guilty of spreading extremist materials (part 2, article 19.11 of the Belarussian Administrative Code), on the 11th of July .