{"id":571038,"date":"2026-08-25T18:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=571038"},"modified":"2026-08-25T19:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:32:56","slug":"eu-calls-on-belarusian-authorities-to-reverse-decision-declaring-several-projects-extremist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/eu-calls-on-belarusian-authorities-to-reverse-decision-declaring-several-projects-extremist","title":{"rendered":"EU Calls on Belarusian Authorities to Reverse Decision Declaring Several Projects &#8220;Extremist&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The European Union condemned the designation as &#8220;extremist materials&#8221; of websites and social media pages belonging to the EuvsDisinfo project, the SALT and Education for Belarusians programs, as well as Lithuania&#8217;s Central Project Management Agency (CPVA).<\/p>\n<p>The decision by the Belarusian authorities is another example of the regime&#8217;s systematic efforts to suppress critical thinking, restrict fundamental freedoms and shrink civic space, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;This unjustified decision seeks to restrict Belarusians\u2019 access to independent information and\u00a0educational opportunities.\u00a0EUvsDisinfo\u00a0works to raise awareness of disinformation and\u00a0information manipulation, while the SALT and \u201cEducation for Belarusians\u201d programmes have enabled Belarusian students and researchers to study and advance their work in Europe. These initiatives reflect the EU\u2019s commitment to supporting the Belarusian people and\u00a0maintaining people-to-people contacts,&#8221;<\/i> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/eeas\/belarus-statement-spokesperson-designation-website-and-social-media-channels-eu-funded-initiatives_en\">statement<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The EU calls on the Belarusian authorities to reverse the decision to designate these resources as &#8220;extremist&#8221; and immediately end the repression against the Belarusian people.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;The EU will continue to stand with the Belarusian people and support\u00a0their right to unbiased information\u00a0and\u00a0opportunities for\u00a0them\u00a0to study, learn and work in an environment of\u00a0academic freedom,&#8221;<\/i> the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union condemned the designation as &#8220;extremist materials&#8221; of websites and social media pages belonging to the EuvsDisinfo project, the SALT and Education for Belarusians programs, as well as Lithuania&#8217;s Central Project Management Agency (CPVA). The decision by the Belarusian authorities is another example of the regime&#8217;s systematic efforts to suppress critical thinking, restrict [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":535480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a8dc3bc6d538.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"EU Calls on Belarusian Authorities to Reverse Decision Declaring Several Projects \u00abExtremist\u00bb"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143090],"tags":[143118],"class_list":["post-571038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-politics","tag-belarus"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571038","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=571038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}