{"id":127856,"date":"2025-02-26T14:40:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127856\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"prosecutor-general-confirms-more-than-1500-guilty-verdicts-for-extremist-crimes-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127856\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor general: more than 1,500 guilty verdicts for extremist crimes in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shved_genprokuror_pr_sl_lukashenko_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shved_genprokuror_pr_sl_lukashenko_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shved_genprokuror_pr_sl_lukashenko_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shved_genprokuror_pr_sl_lukashenko_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shved_genprokuror_pr_sl_lukashenko_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shved_genprokuror_pr_sl_lukashenko_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belarusian leader&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>More than 1,500 people were convicted of extremism-related crimes last year with no acquittals, Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied has told the joint meeting of the National Assembly&#8217;s houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the 2020 political crisis, authorities in Belarus have equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, the free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism. The crackdown on critics and their online activities continues unabated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Extremism-related crimes are mostly committed online and fell from 2,016 in 2023 to 1,256 in 2024, the state-run media reported, citing the official.<\/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\">Journalist Pitkievi\u010d to be tried on extremism charge<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 24, Pozirk. Journalist Palina Pitkievi\u010d will go on trial at the Minsk City Court on March 7 to answer an extremism charge, Na\u0161a Niva reported. The Committee for State Security (KGB) associated Pitkievi\u010d with the MediaIQ project, designated as &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/127580\">\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>February 26, Pozirk. More than 1,500 people were convicted of extremism-related crimes last year with no acquittals, Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied has told the joint meeting of the National Assembly&#8217;s houses. Following the 2020 political crisis, authorities in Belarus have equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, the free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism. 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