Oksana Kolb

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

Incident date: July 16, 2025

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

A criminal case has been opened against Oksana Kolb, former editor-in-chief of the independent Belarusian media outlet Novy Chas. She informed the Belarusian Association of Journalists that the case, initiated at the end of 2023, accuses her of “discrediting” authorities and “assisting extremist activities.” The case has had immediate repercussions: Kolb’s plot of land in Belarus has been seized, and her personal information has appeared in the wanted database of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.