Affiliated media: Katolik.life, Media project

Incident date: August 27, 2025

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Hrodna

Additional information:

The Leninsky District Court of Grodno has declared the social media and messenger pages of the Katolik.life media project to be extremist information materials: the X account “katolik.life” (x.com/gomelcatholic); the Instagram account “Katolik.life.Neafiacyjnaje” (instagram.com/katolik_life); the Threads page “Katolik.life.Neafiacyjnaje” (threads.com/@katolik_life); the Telegram channel “Katolik.life. Neafiacyjnaje” (t.me/katolik_life); the VKontakte community “Gomel Katolzh” (vk.com/gomelcatholic); and the Facebook community “Z Gomelia Katolik” (facebook.com/gomelcatholic). Katolik.life is an online resource about Belarusian Catholics and the Catholic Church. Until recently, its publications were reprinted by other media outlets, including state-run ones.