# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-belarus-blocks-tutby-arrests-staff)
- Source: Belarusian authorities raid 3 offices of Tut.by, detain journalists in tax case. https://cpj.org/2021/05/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

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