Affiliated media: TUT.BY, Online news outlet

Incident date: September 7, 2020

Attack type:

• Prosecution for dissemination of false information and fakes (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

On 7 September, the Ministry of Information of Belarus issued a written warning to TUT.BY with the wording «for distribution of untrue information that can harm the state or public interests». The reason for the warning was a mistake in the publication about the amount of financial bonuses that the heads of the State Control Committee and the financial investigation bodies would be able to give to their employees.