Zerkalo.io - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Zerkalo.io, News website

Incident date: August 13, 2021

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Tsentralny District Court of Minsk declared the information products of the portals TUT.BY and Zerkalo.io (as well as their accounts in Telegram, Viber, Twitter, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, and TikTok) extremist materials. Reposting information from these resources is considered administrative liability under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus (distribution of information products included in the national list of extremist materials).

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