Human rights activists warn against fake bots of Aviv Gomel Two bots appeared on Telegram with the name "Maayan Gomel" and the avatar of the real channel. Human rights activists fear that the fakes could be created by the security forces in order to identify people who are asking for help. The official methods of communication with Gomel's human rights activists are the bot Humiel_bot and the Telegram account of the Vyashna branch. Lukashenko's regime has declared human rights organizations to be "extremist forms", and security forces can interpret appeals to them as "promoting extremist activities".

Human rights activists warn against fake bots of Aviv Gomel Two bots appeared on Telegram with the name "Maayan Gomel" and the avatar of the real channel. Human rights activists fear that the fakes could be created by the security forces in order to identify people who are asking for help. The official methods of communication with Gomel's human rights activists are the bot Humiel_bot and the Telegram account of the Vyashna branch. Lukashenko's regime has declared human rights organizations to be "extremist forms", and security forces can interpret appeals to them as "promoting extremist activities".