Pozirk Explained

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

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.

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

Name

"Pozirk" means "look", "glance" or "gaze" in Belarusian.^[6]

References

1. Web site: Позірк Белорусское независимое информационное агентство . 25 March 2024 . Pozirk . ru.
2. News: 16 October 2023 . «Больше нашего контента о Беларуси будет доступно широкой аудитории». Информационное агентство «Позірк» запустило сайт . https://web.archive.org/web/20240326223450/https://baj.media/ru/bolshe-nashego-kontenta-o-belarusi-budet-dostupno-shirokoy-auditorii-informacionnoe/ . 26 March 2024 . 26 March 2024 . . ru.
3. News: 6 February 2024 . Сайт pozirk.online недоступен в Беларуси . 25 March 2024 . Pozirk . ru.
4. News: 7 February 2024 . Сайт информагентства "Позірк" не открывается из Беларуси . 26 March 2024 . Salidarnaść . ru.
5. Web site: 7 February 2024 . Сайт pozirk.online недоступен в Беларуси . 26 March 2024 . . ru.
6. Book: Ushkevich, Alexander . Byelorussian-English, English-Byelorussian Dictionary with Complete Phonetics . Zezulin . Alexandra . Hippocrene Books . 1992 . New York.