Claim 498

Government spokesman Anatoly Glaz attributed the decision to a recommendation from the counter-terrorism unit.

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

Statement: Government spokesman Anatoly Glaz attributed the decision to a recommendation from the counter-terrorism unit.
Field: stated_justification
Value: counter-terrorism unit recommendation
About: incident 2020-belarus-strips-accreditation-foreign-outlets
Source: Belarus strips journalists working for foreign outlets of accreditation
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2020-08-29

Quotation from the source

the decision to revoke the media accreditations was made after a recommendation by Belarus's counter-terrorism unit