{"id":119090,"date":"2024-12-19T20:36:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/119090\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"pozirk-designated-as-extremist-group-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/119090\/","title":{"rendered":"Pozirk designated as extremist group in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-cropped-cropped-Logo_gray_transparent_-2@2x.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 19, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Ministry of Internal Affairs has designated the <em>Pozirk <\/em>news agency as an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specifically, it named journalist Ta\u0107ciana Karaviankova, human rights activist Raman Ki\u015blak, and political analysts Alaksandar K\u0142asko\u016dski, Piotra Rudko\u016dski and Alexander Friedman as persons associated with the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One year ago, a district court in Minsk designated <em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s website, <em>pozirk.online<\/em>, &nbsp;as extremist content. A year later, the <em>pozirk_online<\/em> accounts on X and Instagram were added to the national list of extremist content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pozirk<\/em> was launched by members of Belarus\u2019 oldest independent news agency, <em>BelaPAN<\/em> and its news website <em>Naviny.by<\/em>. In November 2021, Minsk outlawed <em>BelaPAN<\/em> as an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested Iryna Le\u016d\u0161yna, <em>BelaPAN<\/em> CEO and editor in chief, and ex-CEO D\u017amitryj Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d in August 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minsk Regional Court sentenced the two, as well as former deputy CEO Andrej Alaksandra\u016d and his wife Iryna Z\u0142obina, to prison in October 2022.&nbsp;Le\u016d\u0161yna was released on December 7 after serving her four-year prison term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The website was launched on October 16, 2023. It is inaccessible in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117389\/\">BelaPAN editor released after serving full sentence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 19, Pozirk. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has designated the Pozirk news agency as an extremist group. Specifically, it named journalist Ta\u0107ciana Karaviankova, human rights activist Raman Ki\u015blak, and political analysts Alaksandar K\u0142asko\u016dski, Piotra Rudko\u016dski and Alexander Friedman as persons associated with the group. 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