{"id":511015,"date":"2026-01-20T15:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=511015"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:57:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:57:44","slug":"prosecutor-s-office-explains-inclusion-of-book-on-the-belarusian-people-s-republic-in-banned-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/prosecutor-s-office-explains-inclusion-of-book-on-the-belarusian-people-s-republic-in-banned-list","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor\u2019s Office Explains Inclusion of Book on the Belarusian People\u2019s Republic in Banned List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>A book by <strong>Dorota Michaluk<\/strong>\u00a0on the history of the Belarusian People\u2019s Republic was banned from distribution in Belarus because it contradicts the provisions of a directive by <b>Alyaksandr Lukashenka<\/b> on ideology and may harm Belarus\u2019 national interests. The publication was added to the banned list at the initiative of the Prosecutor\u2019s Office of Horki District.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor\u2019s office found the book \u201cThe Belarusian People\u2019s Republic 1918\u20131929: At the Origins of Belarusian Statehood\u201d being sold online and submitted it to the Republican Commission for the Evaluation of Symbols, Attributes and Information Products.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cAccording to the conclusion of the Republican Commission, certain fragments of the printed publication submitted for evaluation run counter to the provisions of Directive No. 12 of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated 9 April 2025 \u2018On the Implementation of the Foundations of the Ideology of the Belarusian State\u2019 and may harm the national interests of the country,\u201d<\/i> the prosecutor\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Information included the book in the list of printed publications containing materials whose distribution may harm the national interests of the Republic of Belarus. The edition has been withdrawn from sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A book by Dorota Michaluk\u00a0on the history of the Belarusian People\u2019s Republic was banned from distribution in Belarus because it contradicts the provisions of a directive by Alyaksandr Lukashenka on ideology and may harm Belarus\u2019 national interests. The publication was added to the banned list at the initiative of the Prosecutor\u2019s Office of Horki District. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":511014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/696f89de6c6c1.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Prosecutor\u2019s Office Explains Inclusion of Book on the Belarusian People\u2019s Republic in Banned List"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}