{"id":181646,"date":"2026-03-30T20:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181646\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:17:30","slug":"belarus-brand-bbc-website-extremist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181646\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus brands BBC website \u201cextremist\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lukashenko_rozenberg_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lukashenko_rozenberg_press.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lukashenko_rozenberg_press-350x236.jpg 350w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lukashenko_rozenberg_press-726x490.jpg 726w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lukashenko_rozenberg_press-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lukashenko_rozenberg_press-1536x1037.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 30, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A judge of the Leninski District Court in Mahilo\u016d has branded the BBC website \u201cextremist\u201d content. BBC journalist Steve Rosenberg has repeatedly interviewed Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka since 2020, asking him questions that seemed to annoy the Belarusian strongman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the information ministry, the website of BBC News \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0421\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0431\u0430 (BBC News Russian), the BBC\u2019s Russian-language division, has been placed on the ministry\u2019s \u201cextremist\u201d list. However, instead of <em>bbc.c\u043em\/Russian<\/em>, which is run by BBC News Russian, the updated list features the BBC\u2019s international website <em>bbc.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2020, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has given several interviews to Rosenberg, the Moscow-based Russia editor for BBC News. In November 2021, he had a long conversation with the Belarusian ruler in the Palace of Independence in Minsk, pressing him on the official results of the 2020 presidential election and authorities\u2019 crackdown on protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2024, on the sidelines of a BRICS summit in Russia\u2019s Kazan, \u0141uka\u0161enka told Rosenberg that he was ready to consider pardon applications by his imprisoned opponents, including Maryja Kale\u015bnikava. In January 2025, Rosenberg engaged in a testy exchange with \u0141uka\u0161enka during a marathon post-election press conference. \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s remarks were quoted extensively by Belarusian state media as well as his press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government introduced the \u201cextremist content\u201d designation in the wake of the 2020 mass protests against election fraud to punish Belarusians for following critical media outlets and social media accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian law enforcement officers randomly check people\u2019s phones to see who they are following. Those found to possess or share links to banned media and accounts are punished by fines or jail sentences of up to 15 days under Article 19.11 of the Administrative Offenses Code. It does not carry any punishment for those producing banned content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police forced some of those arrested to confess to following \u201cextremist\u201d content before a video camera and then posted forced confessions on Telegram accounts to intimidate the public. State television journalists have been involved in recording forced confessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extremist content list contains thousands of entries, so it is actually hard for people to follow it and delete blacklisted content from their devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 30, Pozirk. A judge of the Leninski District Court in Mahilo\u016d has branded the BBC website \u201cextremist\u201d content. BBC journalist Steve Rosenberg has repeatedly interviewed Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka since 2020, asking him questions that seemed to annoy the Belarusian strongman. According to the information ministry, the website of BBC News \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0421\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0431\u0430 (BBC News Russian), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":181614,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-181646","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus brands BBC website \u201cextremist\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 30, Pozirk. A judge of the Leninski District Court in Mahilo\u016d has branded the BBC website \u201cextremist\u201d content. 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