Radio Svaboda - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Radio Svaboda, Odnoklassniki-account

Incident date: December 8, 2025

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Mazyr

Additional information:

The Mazyr District Court of the Gomel Region has designated the Radio Svaboda community on the social network Odnoklassniki as extremist informational material. Following the court’s decision, the Ministry of Information of Belarus has added the online resource to the Republican List of Extremist Materials. Under Belarusian law, the distribution and storage of materials deemed extremist entail administrative liability for both publishers and users.

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