World Report 2009: Belarus
22 January 2009
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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.
A monthly chronology of repression and resistance in Belarus, based on the work of IFEX members and other international and domestic actors.
While crossing the Lithuanian border in January, Nasriddinov was arrested by Belarusian authorities at the request of Tajik authorities. In February, Belarus agreed to send him to Tajikistan.