KGB searches home of 6tv.by chief editor and orders site shutdown


On 28 July, the chief editor of the regional Internet resource 6tv.by Barys Vyrvich was visited by KGB officers. The journalist was searched within the framework of a terrorism case. They took away all the equipment.

After the search, Vyrvich was taken to the inter-district KGB department in Shklou, where he was interrogated as a witness in a criminal case on terrorism. The operatives were interested in “extremist” telegraph chats and channels and the work of the 6tv.by the website and the activities of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.

Barys Vyrvich was ordered to shut down the site completely within three days and promised to call again.

On 13 July, the editorial office of 6tv.by was searched. On the next day, the State Border Police Department interrogated the portal’s editor-in-chief, Zmitser Salauiou, who left the country after the interrogation. Salauiou told journalists then that 6tv.by wouldn’t shut down.

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