Affiliated media: “Media-Polesye”, VKontakte-account, Odnoklassniki-account

Incident date: July 28, 2025

Attack type:

• Selective application of repressive laws

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Luninets

Additional information:

The Luninets District Court of the Brest Region has designated the social media accounts of the publication “Media-Polesye” on VKontakte (vk.com/mediapolesye_by) and Odnoklassniki (ok.ru/profile/563146873193) as extremist informational material. 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._