{"id":110398,"date":"2024-10-21T13:48:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110398\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"prosecutors-brand-hundreds-of-dissident-pages-as-extremist-since-january","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110398\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors brand hundreds of dissident pages extremist since January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Brest region&#8217;s prosecutors forwarded to courts 266 requests to blacklist opposition content as extremist in the first nine months of 2024, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Extremist labels were assigned to at least 99 Telegram channels and chats, dozens of accounts on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok as well as 13 websites and six books in an alleged attempt to counter dissemination of government-critical information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities in Belarus have equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.<\/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\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: more extremist designations for regime critics<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 19, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus on October 18 include 21 new names on the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities.\u201d All blacklisted people were convicted on criminal charges that Belarusian authorities use to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/110195\">\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>October 21, Pozirk. Brest region&#8217;s prosecutors forwarded to courts 266 requests to blacklist opposition content as extremist in the first nine months of 2024, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office says. 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