Radio Free never accepts money from corporations, governments or billionaires – keeping the focus on supporting independent media for people, not profits. Since 2010, Radio Free has supported the work of thousands of independent journalists, learn more about how your donation helps improve journalism for everyone.

Make a monthly donation of any amount to support independent media.





Belarus Launches Probes Into Two Administrators Of Popular Telegram Channel

MINSK — Belarusian authorities have launched investigations into the actions of two administrators of a popular Telegram channel, Nexta-Live, which has been covering ongoing postelection protests in the country.

The Investigative Committee of Belarus said on November 5 that Stsyapan Putsila and Raman Pratasevich are suspected of organizing mass disorders, disrupting the social order, and inciting social hatred.

According to the statement, Putsila and Pratasevich were added to the wanted list. Their whereabouts are currently unknown.

The probes were launched as Belarus’s strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka continues to face nationwide protests triggered by a presidential election in August that the opposition and Western governments say was rigged.

Last month, a court in Minsk designated the NEXTA-Live channel and its logo as extremist and instructed the Information Ministry to restrict access to information resources using the name and logo of the Telegram channel, as well as their distribution in the Belarusian segment of the Internet.

NEXTA-Live, which has almost 2 million subscribers, then changed its name and logo, switching from the Latin transliteration of its name to a Cyrillic one.

Also last month, Putsila, along with several Belarusian activists, received the European Parliament’s 2020 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Raman Pratasevich (file photo)

Raman Pratasevich (file photo)

Pratasevich left the NEXTA-Live channel in September.

On November 4, European Union member states agreed to slap sanctions on Lukashenka, along with 14 other Belarusian officials, in response to a brutal crackdown on the postelection protests.

Print
Print Share Comment Cite Upload Translate Updates

Leave a Reply

APA

Radio Free | Radio Free (2020-11-05T08:33:46+00:00) Belarus Launches Probes Into Two Administrators Of Popular Telegram Channel. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2020/11/05/belarus-launches-probes-into-two-administrators-of-popular-telegram-channel/

MLA
" » Belarus Launches Probes Into Two Administrators Of Popular Telegram Channel." Radio Free | Radio Free - Thursday November 5, 2020, https://www.radiofree.org/2020/11/05/belarus-launches-probes-into-two-administrators-of-popular-telegram-channel/
HARVARD
Radio Free | Radio Free Thursday November 5, 2020 » Belarus Launches Probes Into Two Administrators Of Popular Telegram Channel., viewed ,<https://www.radiofree.org/2020/11/05/belarus-launches-probes-into-two-administrators-of-popular-telegram-channel/>
VANCOUVER
Radio Free | Radio Free - » Belarus Launches Probes Into Two Administrators Of Popular Telegram Channel. [Internet]. [Accessed ]. Available from: https://www.radiofree.org/2020/11/05/belarus-launches-probes-into-two-administrators-of-popular-telegram-channel/
CHICAGO
" » Belarus Launches Probes Into Two Administrators Of Popular Telegram Channel." Radio Free | Radio Free - Accessed . https://www.radiofree.org/2020/11/05/belarus-launches-probes-into-two-administrators-of-popular-telegram-channel/
IEEE
" » Belarus Launches Probes Into Two Administrators Of Popular Telegram Channel." Radio Free | Radio Free [Online]. Available: https://www.radiofree.org/2020/11/05/belarus-launches-probes-into-two-administrators-of-popular-telegram-channel/. [Accessed: ]
rf:citation
» Belarus Launches Probes Into Two Administrators Of Popular Telegram Channel | Radio Free | Radio Free | https://www.radiofree.org/2020/11/05/belarus-launches-probes-into-two-administrators-of-popular-telegram-channel/ |

Please log in to upload a file.




There are no updates yet.
Click the Upload button above to add an update.

You must be logged in to translate posts. Please log in or register.