{"id":105504,"date":"2024-09-18T15:13:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T12:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/105504\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"rights-group-reports-arrests-of-teachers-across-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/105504\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights group reports arrests of teachers across Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/adukavanka_org.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/adukavanka_org.png 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/adukavanka_org-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/adukavanka_org-734x490.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/adukavanka_org-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/adukavanka_org-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(adukavanka.org)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Committee for State Security (KGB) agents are arresting and interrogating teachers across Belarus over alleged links to the Adukavanka education project, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teachers were reportedly members of the Adukavanka Telegram chat, which discussed lessons and innovative teaching technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news comes after reports of the project&#8217;s extremist group designation by the KGB. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are upset that making education better is an extremist activity in Belarus,\u201d Adukavanka said on Telegram. \u201cWe will remain true to our ideals and dreams despite the labels that are attached to us. . .\u00a0. We stand for the reconciliation of Belarusians. Hostility has never made any society better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adukavanka is a non-profit initiative focusing on\u00a0improving education quality and the training of teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: another group convicted over 2020 protests in Brest<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 18, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 17 as five people were given prison terms in Brest for participating in 2020 postelection protests. Hienad\u017a Vasiluk, serving an 18-month prison term for defaming Alaksandar &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/105459\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 18, Pozirk. Committee for State Security (KGB) agents are arresting and interrogating teachers across Belarus over alleged links to the Adukavanka education project, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. The teachers were reportedly members of the Adukavanka Telegram chat, which discussed lessons and innovative teaching technologies. 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