Affiliated media: UNIAN (Ukraine), YouTube channel

Incident date: September 23, 2024

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Zhlobin

Additional information:

The YouTube channel of the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN has been declared «extremist information materials». This decision was made by the Zhlobin District Court of the Homiel Region on the initiative of the local prosecutor’s office. The Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus added the resource to the Republican list of extremist materials on the basis of the court decision. According to the Belarusian law, distribution and storage of materials declared extremist provides for administrative responsibility for both publishers and users.