The Belarusian authorities are harassing the country’s most popular news website, TUT.BY. Online access has been blocked, its Minsk headquarters have been searched and criminal proceedings have been initiated against the people who run it. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the trumped-up charges used to silence this media outlet and calls for a firm UN reaction so that the right to inform is respected in Belarus.
Yesterday was a dark day for TUT.BY, Belarus’s most widely read independent media outlet.
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