{"id":130467,"date":"2025-03-18T13:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T10:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130467\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"kgb-brands-jailed-former-greens-leader-11-others-as-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130467\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB brands jailed former Greens leader, 11 others as terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kuchuk-POZ-20240216-e1708105685545-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kuchuk-POZ-20240216-e1708105685545-1.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kuchuk-POZ-20240216-e1708105685545-1-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kuchuk-POZ-20240216-e1708105685545-1-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kuchuk-POZ-20240216-e1708105685545-1-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kuchuk-POZ-20240216-e1708105685545-1-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        D\u017amitryj Ku\u010duk\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>March 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 Committee for State Security (KGB) included 12 people in the list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities,\u201d says a document published on its Telegram channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of them is D\u017amitryj Ku\u010duk, former chairman of the outlawed Belarusian Greens Party, given six years in prison in late 2024 on charges of violent disorder and calls for international sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ku\u010duk became the seventh party leader in Belarus to end up behind bars after he was arrested more than one year ago while attempting to commemorate the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in front of the Russian embassy in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blacklisted Mika\u0142aj Bunievi\u010d is accused of inciting hatred and calling for sanctions, while Aleh Samarodski is already serving a prison term on similar charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pavie\u0142 Min\u010dyk, D\u017amitryj Sidarenka, Maksim Stara\u015bcienka, Ludmi\u0142a Jasim\u010dyk, Alena Marozava, Alaksandar Randarenka and Alaksiej Za\u010dapi\u0142a are imprisoned on charges ranging from insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and inciting hatred to rioting and violent disorder, routinely used in Belarus against regime critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other two additions, Pavie\u0142 Vabi\u0161\u010devi\u010d and Andrej Zinienka, were convicted of high treason and illegal actions with firearms and given 23 and 12 years in prison, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB&#8217;s terrorist register lists 1,260 names, including 567 Belarusian nationals. Prisoners declared terrorists are prohibited from receiving money transfers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights activists blame the Belarusian authorities of misusing anti-extremist and anti-terrorist laws to stifle dissent.<\/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\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: Estonian national, Belarusian basketball coach on trial in Minsk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Briefly: Japanese national sentenced to prison in Belarus Woman faces protest-related charges in Minsk Pardoned opposition activist flees Belarus March 18, Pozirk. 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