Information Ministry blocks Belarus Partisan website

On 14 December 2017, the Ministry of Information blocked access to the Belarus Partisan website (belaruspartisan.org). According to the ministry's statement on its website, the decision was taked on the grounds of Article 511 (1) in the Law on Mass Media.

"The decision is based on the results of monitoring this online resource, which was found to violate the media law systematically. This website, registered outside the national segment of the Internet, regularly publishes materials containinig banned information," the Ministry's statement says.

News about the problems with accessing Belarus Partisan first appeared on the evening of 14 December when clients of several internet service providers complaining. In the morning of 15 December, a mobile service and internet provider Velcom said it did not block access to this website.