Media in the Hrodna Region

No.

Date

Form of repres­sion

Descrip­tion

1.

18 Decem­ber 2020

Inspec­tion by the police and the Emer­gen­cies Min­istry

An unsched­uled joint inspec­tion of the Emer­gen­cies Min­istry, the police, and the ide­ol­o­gy depart­ment of the Hrod­na Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee took place in the edi­to­r­i­al office of the pub­li­ca­tion.

2.

29 Jan­u­ary 2021

Prop­er­ty search

The edi­to­r­i­al office was searched as part of the case of the alleged dis­tri­b­u­tion of extrem­ist mate­ri­als by the edi­to­r­i­al office, all equip­ment was seized.

 3.

29 Jan­u­ary 2021 — 19 March 2021

Admin­is­tra­tive pros­e­cu­tion

Ali­ak­sei Shota, the web­site edi­tor-in-chief, was accused of pub­lish­ing mate­ri­als declared extrem­ist on the web­site. $4,500 fine.

4.

30 May 2021

Search of edi­tor-in-chief’s home and seizure of equip­ment

The home of edi­tor Ali­ak­sei Shota was searched as part of the case of the alleged dis­tri­b­u­tion of extrem­ist mate­ri­als by the edi­to­r­i­al office, all equip­ment was seized.

5.

30 May 2021 — 18 June 2021

Admin­is­tra­tive pros­e­cu­tion

Ali­ak­sei Shota, the web­site edi­tor-in-chief, was accused of pub­lish­ing mate­ri­als declared extrem­ist on the web­site. $5,800 fine.

6.

1 June 2021

Search of edi­tor-in-chief’s home and seizure of equip­ment

The home of edi­tor Iry­na Novik was searched as part of the case of the alleged dis­tri­b­u­tion of extrem­ist mate­ri­als by the edi­to­r­i­al office, all equip­ment was seized.

7.

1 June 2021

Admin­is­tra­tive pros­e­cu­tion

Edi­tor Iry­na Novik was accused of pub­lish­ing mate­ri­als declared extrem­ist on the web­site. $290 fine.

8.

9 June 2021

Declar­ing Telegram chan­nel con­tent extrem­ist

The Court in Hrod­na rec­og­nized the con­tent of the Hrodna.life Telegram chan­nel as extrem­ist.

9.

2 August 2021

Liq­ui­da­tion of media legal enti­ty

The Hrod­na Pros­e­cu­tor’s Office filed a claim on the liq­ui­da­tion of OOO Grod­no­me­di­al­ife.

10.

28 Sep­tem­ber 2021

Web­site block­ing

Access to the pub­li­ca­tion’s web­site was blocked by the deci­sion of the Min­istry of Infor­ma­tion.

No.

Date

Form of repres­sion

Descrip­tion

1.

29 Jan­u­ary 2021

Search and seizure of equip­ment

The home of edi­tor Ihar Bub­likau (Remzik) was searched as part of the case of the alleged dis­tri­b­u­tion of extrem­ist mate­ri­als by the edi­to­r­i­al office, all equip­ment was seized.

2.

29 Jan­u­ary 2021 — 12 March 2021

Admin­is­tra­tive pros­e­cu­tion

Ihar Bub­likau (Remzik), the web­site edi­tor-in-chief, was accused of pub­lish­ing mate­ri­als declared extrem­ist on the web­site. $290 fine.

No.

Date

Form of repres­sion

Descrip­tion

1.

9 Novem­ber 2020

Search in the edi­to­r­i­al office

Police offi­cers searched the edi­to­r­i­al office and seized equip­ment.

2.

9 Novem­ber 2020

Prop­er­ty search

Police offi­cers searched the house of the news­pa­per pub­lish­er Han­na Val­adashchuk and seized equip­ment.

3.

Admin­is­tra­tive pros­e­cu­tion

The web­site edi­tor-in-chief was accused of pub­lish­ing mate­ri­als declared extrem­ist on the web­site.

28 April 2022

Declar­ing con­tent extrem­ist

The Lenin­s­ki Dis­trict Court of Hrod­na rec­og­nized MOST Medi­a’s web­site con­tent as extrem­ist. The hear­ing took place on April 28, 2022, but the deci­sion was added to the list of extrem­ist mate­ri­als in mid-May. Along with the web­site, the pub­li­ca­tion’s pages on VKon­tak­te and Face­book, as well as the Telegram chan­nel, were rec­og­nized as extrem­ist.[1] 

No.

Date

Form of repres­sion

Descrip­tion

1.

2.

No.

Date

Form of repres­sion

Descrip­tion

1.

28 April 2022

Declar­ing con­tent extrem­ist

The Lenin­s­ki Dis­trict Court of Hrod­na rec­og­nized MOST Medi­a’s web­site con­tent as extrem­ist. The hear­ing took place on April 28, 2022, but the deci­sion was added to the list of extrem­ist mate­ri­als in mid-May. Along with the web­site, the pub­li­ca­tion’s pages on VKon­tak­te and Face­book, as well as the Telegram chan­nel, were rec­og­nized as extrem­ist.