Belarus labels Polish Radio profiles “extremist,” citing alleged harm to state

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…took them that long to do that?

>**A Belarusian court has declared two online accounts belonging to Polish Radio for Foreign Audiences – “Białoruska służba Polskiego Radia dla Zagranicy” on Telegram and “bypolskieradio” on Instagram – as “extremist.”**

>The Pervomaiski District Court in Minsk ruled on Tuesday that the accounts’ content harms the Republic of Belarus, placing them on a state-maintained list of nearly 1,500 “extremist” websites and social media profiles.

>The move follows previous actions by President Alexander Lukashenko’s government to curb access to Polish Radio broadcasts in Belarus.

>In July 2022, officials deemed the main Polish Radio website “extremist,” and three months later also sanctioned the broadcaster’s Facebook profile.

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>Source: PR24