Belarusian Information Ministry Targets Threads, Over 20 Accounts Declared “Extremist”

Belarus’s Information Ministry has updated the “Republican List of Extremist Materials”. This time, it includes 25 accounts on Threads.

Among them are:

• “Tolki Pra Movu”;
• “KATYA SNYTSINA”;
• “Andrei Kureichik”;
• “NAVIBAND”;
• “Usiaslau Pashkievich”;
• “Belarusians in Chicago”;
• “Maladaja Hramada | Maładaja Hramada”;
• “ChinChinChenel. BelGosInstaGramKanal”;
• “Free Belarus Women”;
• “ZBS | BSA | zbsunion.org”;
• “Ihar Yankou”;
• “Mikola Dziadok”;
• “Grustny Kolyenka”;
• “Hodna”;
• “ODNO OKNO”;
• “Filizhanka – Poland News”;
• “Dziianis Urbanovich”;
• “Volunteer Service of Viasna Human Rights Center”;
• “Alina Koushyk / Editor-in-chief of Belsat TV”;
• “Aliaksandr Ivulin”;
• “Andrei Stryzhak”;
• “Charter97.org”;
• “Danni Alien”;
• “Paviel Lacevich”;
• “Siarhei”.

An account on X, “Voice of Belarus”, has also been added to the updated list.

Belarusian authorities use extremism-related accusations to target Lukashenka’s opponents and dissent more broadly.