{"id":124284,"date":"2025-01-30T18:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T15:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124284\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"prominent-belarusian-language-advocate-faces-extremism-related-charges","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124284\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Belarusian language advocate faces extremism-related charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/str.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/str.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/str-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/str-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/str-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Ihar S\u0142u\u010dak (left) and Alina Nahornaja (center) with their children after evacuation from Belarus.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(BySol co-founder Andrej Stry\u017eak&#039;s Facebook account) <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 30, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Investigators press extremism-related charges against Ihar S\u0142u\u010dak, a prominent Belarusian language advocate, he said on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case was initiated in May 2024 and sent to Raha\u010do\u016d district investigators seven months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S\u0142u\u010dak, his wife Alina Nahornaja and two children fled Belarus on October 5, 2023 with the help of the Belarus Solidarity Foundation (BySol).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BySol co-founder Andrej Stry\u017eak said it was hard to rescue them because of their recent activism, comparing their life in Belarus to a thriller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2023, Nahornaja received the Pahonia medal for her fight for freedom and independence of Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/7889\/\">BySol helps language advocacy activists flee Belarus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 30, Pozirk. Investigators press extremism-related charges against Ihar S\u0142u\u010dak, a prominent Belarusian language advocate, he said on Instagram. The case was initiated in May 2024 and sent to Raha\u010do\u016d district investigators seven months later. S\u0142u\u010dak, his wife Alina Nahornaja and two children fled Belarus on October 5, 2023 with the help of the Belarus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":7840,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-124284","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prominent Belarusian language advocate faces extremism-related charges | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 30, Pozirk. 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