Affiliated media: "Belarus Budushego" (Belarus of the Future) , YouTube-channel

Incident date: January 13, 2025

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Senno

Additional information:

The Court of the Senno District of the Vitebsk Region has recognised the YouTube channel “Belarus of the Future” (identifier youtube.com/@БеларусьБудущего) as producing extremist informational content. On the basis of the court ruling, the Ministry of Information of Belarus has added the online resource to the “Republican List of Extremist Materials”. Under Belarusian law, the dissemination and storage of materials deemed extremist carry administrative liability for both publishers and users.