Minsk resident jailed for running local Telegram chat

June 14, BPN. The Peršamajski District Court of Minsk has sentenced Alaksandr Zachožy, 29, a worker of a public utilities company, for 12 days in jail, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. The charges against him remain unclear.

Zachožy was arrested on June 13 for allegedly administering a local chat in Telegram, which has been deleted, even though it has not been blacklisted by the interior ministry as an extremist group.