The Village Belarus - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: The Village Belarus, News website, Social network accounts

Incident date: December 12, 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, Minsk

Additional information:

The news website and all pages in social networks of The Village Belarus were declared «extremist materials». This decision was made by the Tsentralny District Court of Minsk. According to the Belarusian law, distribution and storage of materials declared «extremist» provides for administrative responsibility for both publishers and users.

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