{"id":43425,"date":"2022-08-21T19:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T16:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/independent-mirror-site-blocked\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"independent-mirror-site-blocked","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43425\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent mirror site blocked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>August 21, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> In the morning of August 20, independent media outlet <span>Reform.by<\/span> said access to its mirror site <span>Reform.news<\/span> was blocked in Belarus.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cOur readers in Belarus report that they cannot directly access either <span>Reform.by<\/span> or <span>Reform.news<\/span>. The sites are available only through proxy services,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p> When trying to access the websites, users see a notification that \u201caccess to the source is limited pursuant to the Belarusian Ministry of Information\u2019s decision\u201d based on the law on mass media.<\/p>\n<p> The Belarusian authorities blocked <span>Reform.by<\/span> on August 25, 2021, citing links to \u201cextremist\u201d sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 21, BPN. In the morning of August 20, independent media outlet Reform.by said access to its mirror site Reform.news was blocked in Belarus. \u201cOur readers in Belarus report that they cannot directly access either Reform.by or Reform.news. The sites are available only through proxy services,\u201d it said. 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