The Prosecutor-General's Office of Belarus said on January 23 that it had launched an investigation of Syarhey Dubavets, the self-exiled author of a rubric of RFE/RL's Belarus Service, known locally as Radio Svaboda. Dubavets is accused of rehabilitating Nazism, insulting authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka, inciting social hatred, distributing false information about Belarus, and denying the genocide of Belarusians during World War II. Dubavets, the author of the Ask Dubavets analytical rubric who is currently outside Belarus, rejected the accusations, saying all his materials were made in accordance with journalistic ethics and norms. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Belarus Service, click here.
