Affiliated media: "Minsk Belarus World News”, Media project

Incident date: December 19, 2025

Attack type:

• Selective application of repressive laws

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Hrodna

Additional information:

The Leninsky District Court of Grodno has designated the social media accounts of the media project “Minsk Belarus World News” as extremist informational material. Specifically, this includes the Instagram page titled “Minsk Belarus World News” (instagram.com/belarus_top), the VKontakte page titled “Belarus Top” (vk.com/novosti_blr; https://vk.com/public20529107), and the Facebook page titled “News of Belarus and Minsk” (facebook.com/belarustop). The logo displayed on these pages has also been designated as “extremist”. On the basis of the court’s decision, the Ministry of Information of Belarus has added these online resources to the Republican List of Extremist Materials.