Hrodna.life media website blocked by authorities

The prosecutor’s deci­sion, signed by act­ing pros­e­cu­tor of Hrod­na Region Eduard Burak, is dat­ed 16 Sep­tem­ber. Here are the rea­sons for block­ing the site:

•  “Cer­tain arti­cles are accom­pa­nied with videos that neg­a­tive­ly assess the social and polit­i­cal sit­u­a­tion in Belarus after the elec­tion cam­paign and dis­cred­it the activ­i­ty of the state law-enforc­ing bod­ies”.

•  Edi­tors of Hrodna.life media Ali­ak­sei Shota and Iry­na Novik were held admin­is­tra­tive­ly respon­si­ble for dis­trib­ut­ing extrem­ist mate­ri­als.

“Our site is nei­ther the first nor the last resource blocked a year after the elec­tion. It’s not about the vio­la­tions or lack there­of, it’s just about the tim­ing. First, the big por­tals were shut down. Now it is the turn of the local media. We were pre­pared for such devel­op­ments. Our col­leagues’ expe­ri­ences have already been ana­lyzed, and fur­ther actions have been con­sid­ered. So we don’t say good­bye to our read­ers. We will con­tin­ue our work and inform about the most impor­tant events in Hrod­na,” com­ments Iry­na Novik, spe­cial projects edi­tor at Hrodna.life.