Another protest community branded extremist group

November 8, BPN. The Belarusian interior ministry has blacklisted Sajuz Bielaruskaha Nacyanalnaha Ščyta (Eng. Union of the Belarusian National Shield) social media community as an extremist group.

The ministry’s list of designated extremist groups currently features 98 entries. It added 52 entries in October alone.

In November 2021, BelaPAN was the first media outlet branded an extremist group by the Belarusian authorities. Since then, nine more independent media outlets have been blacklisted, including Belsat TV, Radio Svaboda, Naša Niva, Bobruisk Online, Flagshtok, kyky.org, Chestnaya Gazeta, Euroradio, and Charter’97.