In Belarus, the Internet resources of the Polish television station Belsat have been recognized as an extremist formation, reports the official Telegram channel of the Ministry of the Interior of the republic. . “ The list of organizations, trainings, individual entrepreneurs involved in extremist activity has been updated '', & ndash; said in the message.
Channel groups on various social media, app, video hosting and messaging platforms are classified as extremist groups.
Belsat is a Polish satellite TV channel broadcasting mainly in Belarusian, but it is not accredited in the country.
Previously, the Belarusian government passed a resolution that the Interior Ministry is responsible for maintaining and posting on its website lists of organizations, formations, and people involved in extremist activity. The document created legal conditions for the recognition of citizen groups carrying out extremist activity, including through internet resources, social media and instant messaging, as extremist formations. Their list has been published and is regularly updated.
In February, a Minsk court sentenced two journalists from Belsat to two years in prison. Daria Chultsova and Katerina Bakhvalova (Andreeva). They were arrested after a live broadcast from the location where security forces dispersed protesters in one of the courtyards in Minsk on November 15, 2020. The correspondents were involved in a criminal case over the city. organization of actions seriously undermining public order. Chultsova and Andreeva became the first journalists in the country to be sentenced to prison terms for organizing protests in the republic after the presidential elections last year. Polish border.
It has also been learned that the European Union is threatening Belarus with further sanctions due to the situation of migrants. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko “ aims to use people as a political tool. ''