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Telegram channel Nexta’s co-founder Stepan Putilo is accused of ‘directing the activities of a terrorist organisation’.
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Telegram channel Nexta’s co-founder Stepan Putilo is accused of ‘directing the activities of a terrorist organisation’.
During the court hearing the judge Dariusz Lubowski publicly spread patently false information designed to incite national hatred and social hatred. The judge also insulted and slandered top Belarusian government officials.
A Warsaw district court on Wednesday ruled against the extradition to Belarus of Stepan Putilo, a dissident blogger accused by the Belarusian authorities of instigating a government coup.
The Belarusian Interior Ministry has declared the group of people behind the popular Telegram channel NEXTA to be an 'extremist formation,' a year after Minsk's Central Court condemned it for sharing 'extremist materials.'
“He received international recognition and fame for everything that I did. And he never mentioned me anywhere. His ego grew so rapidly that after becoming famous, he would make insulting jokes about me and look at me with disdain,” Roman Protasevich said.