{"id":111224,"date":"2024-10-25T20:48:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111224\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"kgb-brands-political-prisoners-as-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111224\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB brands political prisoners as terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 25, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Committee for State Security (KGB) has branded two dozen people as terrorists, including three designated political prisoners: Alaksandar Za\u0142atarevi\u010d, Vital Sa\u016dko and Ludmi\u0142a Dejneka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their sentences are unknown. Three months ago, the Minsk City Court convicted Za\u0142atarevi\u010d of inciting hatred, establishing or participating in an extremist group and insulting the head of state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sa\u016dko, presumably a former prosecutor from the Hrodna region, was found guilty of inciting hatred by the Brest Regional Court in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same month, the Minsk City Court convicted Dejneka of insulting the head of state, calling for sanctions, and inciting hatred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The KGB also blacklisted Ba\u017eena \u017do\u0142ud\u017a, an activist from Re\u010dyca, Homiel region. She was sentenced in absentia<\/em> to five years’ in prison for allegedly calling for sanctions, insulting a judge and the unlawful handling of information on private life and personal data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrej \u015alizievi\u010d, who might have posted negative comments about Russia, was also added to the terrorism list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, the KGB issued a terrorist designation for 20 suspects in a case against journalists and academics linked to opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case targets Ryhor Astapenia, director of Chatham House\u2019s Belarus Initiative; sociologist Filip Bikana\u016d; Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s senior political aide Alaksandar Dabravolski; spokeswoman Hanna Krasulina; special representative for elections Alaksandar \u0160\u0142yk; diplomatic adviser Dzianis Ku\u010dynski; RFE\/RL<\/em> journalist Juryj Drakachrust; Political Sphere institute director Andrej Kazakievi\u010d; researcher Vieranika \u0141apu\u0107ka; Alaksandar \u0141ahviniec of Free Belarus University; journalist Hanna Lubakova; political scientists Maryja Rohava and Piotra Rudko\u016dski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The others are political researcher Lesia Rudnik; SYMPA\/BIPART expert Natalla Rabava; politician Pavie\u0142 Vusa\u016d; Ta\u0107ciana \u010culickaja of Manchester Metropolitan University; political scientists Kaciaryna \u0160macina, Ja\u016dhien Kry\u017eano\u016dski and Vasil Navuma\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The in-absentia<\/em> case against the suspects living abroad was initiated by the Investigative Committee. On July 1, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced them to 10\u201311.5 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 1,193 entries on the list of “terrorists.” Prisoners on the list are prohibited from receiving money transfers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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