Social Media Of International Human Rights Organization Declared “Extremist” In Belarus

Belarus’s Information Ministry has updated the “Republican List of Extremist Materials.” Among other items, it now includes pages on Instagram, X and Facebook of the International Society for Human Rights (Internationale Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte / ISHR). The corresponding decision was made on 10 March by the court of the Horki district.

ISHR is an international non-governmental non-profit human rights organization founded in West Germany in 1972. It has participatory status with the Council of Europe and is a member of the Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations of the Council of Europe.

The list also now includes the TikTok pages “byaroza_info” and “gomelnovosti33,” as well as the Telegram channel “Marginez.”

Belarusian authorities regularly use accusations of extremism to target political opponents and dissent in general.

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