“Protasevich, 26, ran the popular social media Telegram channel Nexta, which exposed Belarusian police brutality during the anti-government demonstrations last year. The channel and its sister channel, Nexta Live, have close to 2 million subscribers,” my colleagues Isabelle Khurshudyan and Michael Birnbaum explained. “In November, he was added to a list of individuals purportedly involved in terrorist activities.”