The detained four months ago Tut Bai Media employees and people connected with the campaign had their detention term extended, Zerkalo.io reported.

A total of 15 people involved in the "Tut.by case":

  • Marina Zolotova

  • Ludmila Chekina

  • Olga Loika

  • Alena Talkachova

  • Angela Assad

  • Irina Rybalka

  • Maria Novik

  • Ala Lapatka

  • Alexander Daineka

  • Andrei Avdeev

  • Sergey Pavalishev

  • Daria Danilova

  • Ekaterina Tkachenko

  • Irina Kostyuchenko

  • Julia Chernyavskaya

Belarusian human rights activists have recognized all of them as political prisoners.

On September 1, the measure of restraint was changed and Hoster.by director general

Siarhei Pavalishau

, who had been in custody since May 18, was

released from the pre-trial detention center

.

Besides him, Yulia Chernyavskaya, Iryna Kastsyuchenka and Katsyaryna Tkachenka are under house arrest.

The remaining eleven people remain in jail.

About the persecution of Tut.by.

  • On May 18, the editorial office was blocked for publishing "information prohibited by law," and FIU officers came there.

    The agency later reported that a criminal case had been opened against the officials for tax evasion on a particularly large scale.

    According to law enforcement officers, the resident of the High Technology Park received revenue not due to the activities allowed for residents.

  • A total of 15 people were detained in the case: managers, journalists and other staff of the media portal Tut.by (Lyudmila Chekina, Maryna Zolotava, Volha Loika, Iryna Rybalka, Alena Talkachova, Angela Assad, Maria Novik, Alla Lapatka, Alyaksandra Daineka, Andrei Avdeeu, Dar Danilova, Ekaterina Tkachenko and Irina Kostyuchenko), as well as the general director of Hoster.by Sergei Pavalishev (released on September 1) and the widow of the founder of Tut.by Julia Chernyavskaya.

    Human rights activists recognized them as political prisoners.

  • The widow of the founder of the portal Yuri Zisser Yulia Chernyavskaya is now under house arrest, two days after her detention nothing was known about her, she suffered a hypertensive crisis and was hospitalized for some time.

  • The site Tut.by is blocked by the decision of the Ministry of Information.

  • In December 2020, Tut.by was deprived of media status at the request of the Ministry of Information.

    The reason was earlier warnings about the materials on the presidential election, the activities of the State Control Committee, the Belarusian customs, etc.

  • In the evening of June 27, the portal deleted all posts from social networks for the last year and a half.

  • On August 13, the Tsentralny District Court of Minsk recognized the information products and social networks of Tut.by and the new project of Tutbayevs Zerkalo.io as extremist.