Belarusian authorities designate TUT.by and zerkalo.io as “extremist”

People gather in Krakow, Poland, on 23 May 2021, in solidarity with the Belarusian popular independent news portal TUT.BY, which was blocked by the authorities after a series of raids, Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto

The ruling means that a person or entity will face penalties for distributing any piece of the two websites’ content.

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