{"id":118699,"date":"2024-12-17T19:19:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T16:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118699\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"interior-ministry-expands-list-of-those-associated-with-extremist-news-site-zerkalo","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118699\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry expands list of those associated with \u201cextremist\u201d news site Zerkalo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SHraibman-Pozirk_1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SHraibman-Pozirk_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SHraibman-Pozirk_1200-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SHraibman-Pozirk_1200-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/SHraibman-Pozirk_1200-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Arciom \u0160rajbman\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 17, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Belarusian interior ministry has expanded the list of people suspected of ties to the independent news site <em>Zerkalo<\/em>, which it considers an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It named Alaksandra Elba\u016dm, Ivan Prus, Anastasija Ciare\u0161ka, Natalla Ciulupava, Volha Novik, journalist Kaciaryna Pytleva and political analyst Arciom \u0160rajbman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zerkalo was created by part of the team of the now-defunct <em>Tut.by<\/em> news website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities crushed Tut.by, the largest privately-owned media business in Belarus, in May 2021. Fifteen employees were detained. Some have already been freed or pardoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 17, 2023 the Minsk City Court sentenced editor in chief Maryna Zo\u0142atava and CEO Ludmi\u0142a \u010cekina to 12 years in prison. Both were designated as political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus and Russia have blocked access to the <em>Zerkalo<\/em> website.<\/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\/05\/baj_logo_1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/baj_logo_1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/baj_logo_1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/baj_logo_1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/baj_logo_1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/baj_logo_1128.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\">BAJ alarmed by sharp rise in imprisoned Belarusian journalists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 16, Pozirk. The number of imprisoned journalists has reached 45 after professionals from two regional media outlets were arrested last week, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported. At least seven employees of the dissolved Intex-Press were reportedly arrested &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/118505\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 17, Pozirk. The Belarusian interior ministry has expanded the list of people suspected of ties to the independent news site Zerkalo, which it considers an extremist group. It named Alaksandra Elba\u016dm, Ivan Prus, Anastasija Ciare\u0161ka, Natalla Ciulupava, Volha Novik, journalist Kaciaryna Pytleva and political analyst Arciom \u0160rajbman. 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