Affiliated media: Telegram channel Belarus of the Brain , Telegram channel, YouTube channel, Social networks

Incident date: April 18, 2022

Attack type:

• Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus has recognised the Telegram channel Belarus of the Brain and its pages on the social networks YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter as an «extremist formation». Belarus of the Brain is a popular project in which the authors publish political content and comment on news about Belarus and the war in Ukraine. About 163,000 people are subscribed to the Telegram channel.