The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko called on the state media to deal with the situation in the new ” line of defense “of the country, reports website president.
According to him, journalists need to find a way to resist extremism broadcast by new media. “Today society is faced with a global challenge. The era of post-truth and fake news is destroying the classical norms and principles of professional journalism,” the president said at the congress of the Belarusian Union of Journalists.
Lukashenko noted that new media help unscrupulous politicians to realize their ambitions, and state media should be able to defend this milestone “in the year of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory”.
On November 16, the Belarusian authorities appealed to Poland and urged to issue the creator of the Nekhta Telegram channel Stepan Putilo and his former editor-in-chief Roman Protasevich . Investigative Committee of Belarus initiated criminal cases against them about organizing mass riots in the republic, and also actions aimed at “inciting social enmity” against government officials and security officials.
Protests in Belarus began at the end of August after the election of the head of state. The protesters demand the resignation of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, the holding of new elections, as well as an end to violence by the security forces and the prosecution of those who brutally dispersed the protest actions and tortured the detainees.