Website run by Belsat TV, its Telegram channel and sites on social media services declared extremist

A deci­sion to this effect was made by a judge of the Čyhu­načny Dis­trict Court in Homieĺ on July 27 on the ini­tia­tive of the Homieĺ region­al office of the inte­ri­or ministry’s orga­nized crime and cor­rup­tion depart­ment, Voĺha Čamadana­va, spokesper­son for the min­istry, announced on her Telegram chan­nel.

Ms. Čamadana­va warned that peo­ple might be sen­tenced to a fine or a jail term under the Civ­il Offens­es Code for repub­lish­ing, repost­ing or dis­trib­ut­ing any mate­ri­als from extrem­ist sources.

On July 16, the Cen­tral­ny Dis­trict Court in Min­sk declared extrem­ist the Telegram chan­nel “Char­ter 97%”, the Telegram and YouTube chan­nels “Rud­abel­skaya Pakazukha” and the Telegram chan­nel and chat “Bus­ly Laciac.”

Also on July 16, the Telegram chan­nel “Novaya Borovaya 98%” was found extrem­ist by the Min­sk Dis­trict Court.