censorship

Censor crosses out words about start of hungerstrike in political prisoner’s letter
Political prisoner Henadz Smirnou, who is being held in Baranavichy pre-trial detention centre, went on a hunger strike, he wrote in a letter dated November 28. However, a censor crossed out the words about the hunger strike, human rights activists report.
10.12.2021
Google and Apple remove 'Navalny' app related to 'Smart Voting'
The app published news from Alexei Navalny’s team. It also had access to the ‘Smart Voting’ recommendations
18.09.2021
Reform.by blocked in Belarus
A decision to this effect was made by the Ministry of Information
26.08.2021
Belarusian stand up comedian jailed in Russia for joke
He participated in Belarusian protests, worked in Russia, joked about xenophobia, served time for “inciting ethnic hatred.”
20.08.2021
Belsat officially declared extremist in Belarus
Interior Ministry spokeswoman Volha Chamadanava reported on the decision to declare Belsat extremist in Telegram.
28.07.2021
Onliner.by turns off comments fearing repression
There were often hundreds of comments under the ‘Onliner’ news
13.07.2021
Interior Ministry pushes for recognising popular media outlet TUT.BY’s content as ‘extremist’
On Friday, the Belarusian portal TUT.BY has reported the Interior Ministry’s having claims against the company. The media outlet has been publishing its materials only on social media platforms after the Belarusian security services raided its offices and detained 15 employees in May.
18.06.2021
Apple seeks closure of three Belarusian Telegram channels
It was reported by Pavel Durov.
08.10.2020
Lukashenka promises to ‘sort out’ freedom of speech in Belarus
During Thursday’s meeting with representatives of state-owned mass media, Alyaksandr Lukashenka has made a comment on freedom of speech in Belarus and abroad.
09.07.2020
Minister set to bar Belarusians from ‘harmful info’ amid election campaign
Ihar Lutski, a former executive director of state-run TV station CTV and newly-minted Minister of Information, revealed the strategy he is going to align with.
08.06.2020