The War On News

A record of government actions against journalism and fact-based reporting, from the first press laws to today

Claim

Claim 411

RSF said the accusations against Tut.by's leadership had been fabricated to shut down the outlet's reporting.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
RSF said the accusations against Tut.by's leadership had been fabricated to shut down the outlet's reporting.
Field
effect_on_reporting
Value
RSF calls the charges invented
About
incident 2021-belarus-blocks-tutby-arrests-staff
Source
Belarus tries to silence the most popular independent news site
Publisher
Reporters Without Borders
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2021-05-19

Quotation from the source

These accusations have been trumped up in order to silence one of the country's most popular media outlets