Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the human rights project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial”, as well as the websites of the Ukrainian publications “Press of Ukraine” and Cxid.info. The Roskomsvoboda project, which monitors blockages, drew attention to this.
Access to the sites was restricted at the request of an “unspecified authority” dated April 20 — most likely we are talking about the Prosecutor General’s Office. The reason for the blocking is not specified. According to Roskomsvoboda, access was limited by “mask”, that is, to all domains and subdomains of sites.
Before blocking, Roskomnadzor demanded from the provider “Support for political prisoners. Memorial» to restrict access to the site, the project reported. The department’s letter states that the “order of information dissemination” violates the entire site.
Project “Support for political prisoners. Memorial» appeared after the liquidation of the human rights center «Memorial» in 2021 at the request of the prosecutor's office. Human rights activists collect information on cases of criminal prosecution for political reasons, compile lists of political prisoners and help their families.
Press of Ukraine and Cxid.info publications have been operating since 2002. The latter calls itself “the information flagship of Lugansk.”