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According to the BAA, accreditation has been revoked for employees of the ARD television channel, the Deutsche Welle media group, the BBC, the Associated Press, Reuters, AFP, Laisvės radio and other media outlets.
“There is a presentation by the Interdepartmental Commission on Information Security of the Belarusian Security Council. On this basis, we are revoking the accreditation,” said Anatoly Glaz, spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Interdepartmental Commission for Information Security was established by order of the President of Belarus in November 2017.
The demonstrations in Belarus began after August 9. presidential elections, in which 80.1 percent. the votes went to Aliaksandr Lukashenko, who ruled the country for 26 years. According to official figures, opposition spokeswoman Sviatlana Cichanouskaya ranked second with 10.12 percent. votes, but did not acknowledge the results. S. Cichanouskaja herself left Belarus on the night of August 11 for her safety and is currently in Lithuania.
The rigged elections in the country have unleashed a wave of protests that so far has not abated. The protests were violently repressed by the authorities, several people died, thousands were arrested and torture was reported in detention centers.
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