The Belarusian service of German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle has been declared an “extremist” organization by Belarusian authorities and its activities are being banned in the country
On 4 April, Belarusian authorities announced they would cancel the domain names of news websites they labelled as "extremist". At least 20 websites have been affected so far.
Belarus was the world’s third worst jailer of journalists, with at least 28 journalists behind bars on Dec. 1, 2023, when CPJ conducted its most recent prison census.
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