{"id":198766,"date":"2026-08-05T20:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198766\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:57:51","slug":"belarus-brands-euronews-website-extremist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198766\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus brands Euronews website \u201cextremist\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 5, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Horki District Court in the Mahilo\u016d region has designated the website of Euronews as \u201cextremist content.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Euronews was available to Belarusian cable subscribers for two decades. In April 2021, the information ministry removed the TV channel from the list of foreign media allowed to broadcast into Belarus. Pobeda(Victory), a Russian channel known for promoting the Kremlin\u2019s narratives about World War II, appeared on cable networks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, the websites of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Russian service of Voice of America were added to the Belarusian interior ministry\u2019s list of \u201cextremist content.\u201d A week ago, the Horki District Court branded the website of the Polish Press Agency (PAP) \u201cextremist.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime 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

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

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

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\n\n\n

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