Affiliated media: "Budzma Belarusami", Media project

Incident date: October 29, 2025

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Pruzhany

Additional information:

The Pruzhany District Court of the Brest Region has designated the online resources of the media project “Budzma Belarusami!” as extremist informational material. This includes the TikTok channel “Budzma_razam” (tiktok.com/@budzma_razam), the “Budzma Belarusami! Budzma Belarusami!” community on Odnoklassniki (ok.ru/group/50897479139407), and the YouTube channel “Budzma Dzieciam” (youtube.com@BudzmaDzieciam). The “Budzma Belarusami!” project is aimed at promoting Belarusian culture. Following the court’s decision, the Ministry of Information of Belarus has added these online resources 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.