Belarus has classified all content put out by Deutsche Welle as “extremist.” DW Director General Peter Limbourg has criticized the use of “cheap tricks,” seeing them as evidence of growing nervousness in Minsk. DW Director General Peter Limbourg has accused Belarus of using tricks to take action against those who want to form an independent opinion, after Belarus’ interior ministry classified all DW material as extremist. Limbourg denounced the decision, which categorizes all DW products and even its logo as extremist. “The blocking of our websites in Belarus in October 2021 was already an unbelievable encroachment on press freedom. The recent announcement of the criminalization of the DW logo proves how nervous the regime there is,” he said in a statement. It goes on to say: “DW is still informing many people in Belarus via tools for bypassing censors. Especially following the attack on Ukraine, the numbers have significantly increased. Now they want to use cheap tricks to create pseudo-legal grounds to take action against people who make use of their right to free speech.”
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