Computer equipment was confiscated from human rights activists, public activists, and independent journalists and later released on a non-disclosure agreement.

In the Mogilev region, after searches and confiscation of electronic media, the

detained journalists

A month ago, Siarhei Niarouny was searched and his equipment confiscated and fined for allegedly "distributing extremist materials."

In the afternoon both were released.

The search of journalist

in Homel lasted about 1.5 hours and was also carried out by the FIU.

They took away the phone, equipment, flash drives and hard drives, and then interrogated him.

Larysa Shchyrakou refused to answer the questions, but she was still warned about the responsibility for disclosing the case materials.

Hrodna journalist

was also

.

She was detained in the case of "personal correspondence".

The journalist was later released.

In addition, human rights activists know about visits to Vitsebsk activists

, Mozyr human rights activist

, Homel UCP member

from Rechytsa, Mahilou human rights activist

and others.

They were looking for those involved in financing and organizing the protests

From later evidence it follows that in all cases worked employees of regional units of the FIU.

Thus, the former political prisoner

said that after the search he was interrogated by officers of the 3rd department of the FIU in the Vitebsk region.

"Mostly looking for gadgets, computers, documents that would prove that I am an" organizer of extremist groups ", keep in touch with foreign countries, finance in some way.

I did not remember the numbers of the articles, but according to the content, they are financing and organizing protests.

They called me names that I had never heard of, asked what I lived for, who helped, who met me from the "zone" in which chats I was.

Of course, they understood that nothing would be achieved from me after 11 years of detention.

I didn't sign the report, I didn't testify, so we left, ”Mikhail Zhamchuzhny said.

The struggle of the authorities against non-state media

In 2020–2021, a number of independent national and regional newspapers ceased to be published.

Most newspapers stopped publishing due to political pressure after their publications - they were not allowed to continue publishing in Belarus.

Problems with printing houses arose before the editors of publications:

• Belgazeta

• Brestskaya Gazeta

• "Gazeta Slonimskaya",

• "Inform-walk",

• "Komsomolskaya Pravda in Belarus",

• "Leader Press".

• "People's Will",

• "New Time",

• "Regional newspaper",

• "Free news plus",

• "Hantsavichy time".

Many newsrooms and journalists' homes were searched.

Some editions underwent several searches.

Financial problems have led to the closure of two other popular independent newspapers in their regions.

At the beginning of last year, "Borisov News" stopped publishing, and at the end of 2020 the last issue of the newspaper "Free Deep" was published.

A number of non-governmental information portals also faced problems.

Products of social media sites and social networks such as:

• Belsat

• "Belarusian partisan"

• Ex-press.by

• By.tribuna.com

• Tut.by.

• Brestskaya Gazeta

According to the prosecutor's office, the regional portal Orsha.eu was blocked in Orsha.