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Belarus designates prisoner support chats as "extremist organizations"

10.04.2026, 15:58

Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 of the Minsk and Minsk Region Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, located in the village of Pashkovichy near Minsk, not far from Kalyadzichy — Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 of the Minsk and Minsk Region Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, located in the village of Pashkovichy near Minsk, not far from Kalyadzichy. Photo: yandex.by

The Belarusian KGB has designated the largest chat group for relatives of inmates at “Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in Kalyadzichy”—which had about 1,800 members—as an “extremist group.” Other chat groups with similar themes were also added to the list.