The War On News

How governments have limited journalists, 1900 to today.

Claim 695

The scope of the March 9, 2022 order against Deutsche Welle.

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

Statement
The scope of the March 9, 2022 order against Deutsche Welle.
Field
action
Value
Court declares all DW content extremist
About
incident 2022-belarus-labels-dw-extremist
Source
Belarus authorities sentence journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich to prison, label more media 'extremist'
Publisher
Committee to Protect Journalists
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2022-03-11

Quotation from the source

On Wednesday, March 9, the Central District Court in Minsk declared all "information products" by DW extremist, effectively banning the broadcaster in the country