# Claim 697

Warning issued alongside the designation.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Warning issued alongside the designation.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Even subscribing to a labeled Telegram channel risks prosecution
- About: [incident 2022-belarus-labels-dw-extremist](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2022-belarus-labels-dw-extremist)
- Source: Belarus authorities sentence journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich to prison, label more media 'extremist'. https://cpj.org/2022/03/belarus-authorities-sentence-journalist-aleh-hruzdzilovich-to-prison-label-more-media-extremist/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2022-03-11

## Quotation from the source

> The MDCOCC announcement about DW warned of prosecution even for subscribing to Telegram channels and chats of outlets designated as extremist.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/697. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.