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Pozirk

Pozirk (/pózirk/, Belarusian: Позірк) is a Belarusian independent news agency reporting in Russian, Belarusian and English,[1][2] founded by former employees of BelaPAN and its online newspaper Naviny.by.[3][4][5]

History

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On October 16, 2023, Pozirk launched the website Pozirk.online. However, on December 5 of the same year, the Central District Court in Minsk declared the website "extremist". Since February 2024, users in Belarus can only access it through VPN services.

On December 19, 2024, the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs designated the whole Pozirk news agency as an extremist group[6][7].

BelaPAN journalists and editors were forced to flee Belarus as the government banned the country's oldest independent news agency in 2021.

Name

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"Pozirk" means "look", "glance" or "gaze" in Belarusian.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Позірк | Белорусское независимое информационное агентство". Pozirk (in Russian). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ ""Больше нашего контента о Беларуси будет доступно широкой аудитории". Информационное агентство "Позірк" запустило сайт". Belarusian Association of Journalists (in Russian). 16 October 2023. Archived from the original on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Сайт pozirk.online недоступен в Беларуси". Pozirk (in Russian). 6 February 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Сайт информагентства "Позірк" не открывается из Беларуси". Salidarnaść (in Russian). 7 February 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Сайт pozirk.online недоступен в Беларуси". Belarusian Association of Journalists (in Russian). 7 February 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  6. ^ "«Экстрэмісцкім фармаваньнем» прызналі беларускае інфармацыйнае агенцтва «Позірк»". Radyjo Svaboda (in Belarusian). 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  7. ^ "МУС прызнаў «экстрэмісцкім фармаваннем» медыяпраект «Позірк»". Belarusian Association of Journalists (in Belarusian). 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  8. ^ Ushkevich, Alexander; Zezulin, Alexandra (1992). Byelorussian-English, English-Byelorussian Dictionary with Complete Phonetics. New York: Hippocrene Books.