{"id":65428,"date":"2024-02-07T01:38:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T22:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=65428"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"pozirk-online-inaccessible-from-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/65428\/","title":{"rendered":"Pozirk.online inaccessible from Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 7, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> <em>Pozirk.online<\/em> is inaccessible from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Access might have been blocked by the government. However, the information ministry has not officially announced any measures, as it usually does when access restrictions are imposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Readers in the country can reach the site through VPN services only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A district court in Minsk declared <em>Pozirk.online<\/em> extremist content on December 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site was launched on October 16 by members of the former team of <em>BelaPAN<\/em>, Belarus&#8217; oldest independent news agency that had been banned in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>BelaPAN<\/em>&#8216;s former executives are serving long prison sentences on extremism-related and other charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee to Protect Journalists and other media freedom watchdogs have condemned the persecution as politically motivated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 7, Pozirk. Pozirk.online is inaccessible from Belarus. Access might have been blocked by the government. 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