Oksana Kolb

Affiliated media: Novy Chas, Former editor-in-chief

Incident date: July 16, 2025

Attack type:

• Arrest of bank account/ property

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minls

Additional information:

It became known, that a plot of land in Belarus, owned by the former editor-in-chief of Novy Chas, Oksana Kolb, has been seized. The property was arrested on 31 July 2024, but Oksana Kolb has only just learned about it. She believes that arrest of the land is connected to the criminal case opened against her at the end of 2023 for “discrediting” and “assisting extremist activities.”