Affiliated media: Tribuna.com , Threads-account

Incident date: September 8, 2025

Attack type:

• Selective application of repressive laws

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Vileyka

Additional information:

The Vileyka District Court of the Minsk Region has recognised the page “Tribuna.com Belarus” (tribunaby) on the social network Threads (identifier: threads.com/@tribunaby) as extremist information material. This is a resource of Tribuna, the largest Belarusian sports media outlet. Based on the court’s decision, the Belarusian Ministry of Information has added the internet resource to the Republican list of extremist materials. Under Belarusian law, the dissemination and possession of materials deemed extremist carry administrative liability for both publishers and users.