Volha Klaskouskaya

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: October 4, 2024

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Maladzechna

Additional information:

The Maladzechna District Court of the Minsk region recognised the Instagram page of Belarusian journalist and former political prisoner Volha Klaskouskaya as «extremist information materials». The Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus added the online 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 recognised as extremist provides for administrative liability for both publishers and users.