Svobodnye Novosti Plus - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Svobodnye Novosti Plus, Newspaper website

Incident date: December 21, 2021

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 Belarusian authorities blocked access to the website of the newspaper Svobodnye Novosti Plus. Now, the website Sn-plus.com is available to users from the territory of Belarus only through VPN.

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