Belarusian Government to Block Websites Calling for Protests During the European Games

First — it is pro­hib­it­ed to use air drones and mod­el air­planes at sports facil­i­ties and near hotels. Oth­er­wise, the equip­ment will be seized until the end of the Games. The excep­tion is the equip­ment belong­ing to the gov­ern­men­tal bod­ies and the Games orga­niz­ers.

Sec­ond — pri­or­i­ty lanes marked with the sym­bol­ics of the Games will appear on some of the Min­sk roads, for the trans­post involved in the event. Oth­er trans­port must not use the lanes and stop there, or will be fined.

Third — the res­cue ser­vice staff can car­ry out unsched­uled fire safe­ty inspec­tions at sports facil­i­ties, hotels, and fan zones.

Fourth — the mil­i­tary will be engaged in the pro­tec­tion of pub­lic order, who, if nec­es­sary, will be allowed to use phys­i­cal force, spe­cial means and weapons. Cadets can be involved in infor­ma­tion cam­paigns and orga­ni­za­tion­al sup­port to fans.

Fifth — hotel the guards will be able to car­ry out body search­es of the par­tic­i­pants of the Euro­pean Games, check their belong­ings and doc­u­ments.

Sixth — from May 20 to June 30, law enforce­ment agen­cies will block infor­ma­tion on the Inter­net with calls for mass riots or par­tic­i­pa­tion in unau­tho­rized mass events. In addi­tion, the agen­cies may decide to tem­porar­i­ly restrict access to cer­tain web­sites.