Belarus Blocks Human Rights Watch Website
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A woman uses her mobile phone in downtown Minsk on November 15, 2019.
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On April 5, Belarus’s prosecutor general announced that Human Rights Watch’s website had been blocked, following an order by the Minsk City Prosecutor’s office. At the time of writing, Human Rights Watch had not received official notification providing grounds for this decision, nor did the announcement provide any reasoning. Nevertheless, access to the website now appears to be blocked in Belarus.
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Source:: Human Rights Watch
