Belarus Government Blocks Media Outlet, Detains Reporters

Belarus Government Blocks Media Outlet, Detains Reporters
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks with people after the wreath laying ceremony at Mound of Glory war memorial marking Independence Day, on the outskirts of the capital Minsk, Belarus, on July 3, 2021. Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP
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KYIV, Ukraine—Belarusian authorities blocked the website of a leading online media outlet, detained several of its journalists, and conducted searches involving three other media organizations Thursday, the latest moves in a sweeping clampdown on dissent and independent media in the ex-Soviet nation.

Belarus’s Information Ministry said it has blocked Nasha Niva’s website after the prosecutor general’s office had accused it of posting unspecified unlawful information.