BelaPAN controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
State searches and detentions
Authorities searched BelaPAN's office and employees' homes, detained several staff members and seized servers, computers, phones and other materials. Investigators announced allegations involving public-order violations and tax evasion against some employees.
2021
Extremist-formation designation
Belarus's KGB designated BelaPAN an extremist formation in November. The designation exposed alleged participants and organizers to criminal liability and was followed by the cessation of updates on BelaPAN's blocked websites.
2018
BelTA case
BelaPAN journalists and editor-in-chief Iryna Leŭšyna were arrested over allegations that they had accessed and used material from a paid subscription service operated by the state-owned BelTA agency. Press-freedom organizations, the Belarusian Association of Journalists and OSCE representatives criticized the arrests as disproportionate and intimidating toward independent media.