Claim 485

Belarusian financial investigators raided Tut.by's offices and detained staff on May 18, 2021, the day CPJ reported the raids and the site went offline.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Belarusian financial investigators raided Tut.by's offices and detained staff on May 18, 2021, the day CPJ reported the raids and the site went offline.
Field: occurred_on
Value: 2021-05-18
About: incident 2021-belarus-blocks-tutby-arrests-staff
Source: Belarusian authorities raid 3 offices of Tut.by, detain journalists in tax case
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 2021-05-18

Quotation from the source

Today, officers of the Belarus Financial Investigation Department raided Tut.by’s headquarters in Minsk, the capital, its regional offices in the western cities of Brest and Hrodna, and the homes of several of its journalists and detained at least three of them