{"id":131978,"date":"2025-03-28T15:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/131978\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"interior-ministry-brands-15-people-as-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/131978\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry brands 15 people as extremists"},"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\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Ron Dyar \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 28, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The interior ministry has added 15 new names to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total of entries to 5,088, its website says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All blacklisted persons were convicted on charges that authorities use to persecute political opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The criminal records of D\u017amitryj Ciukaje\u016d, Stefanija Filipo\u016dskaja, Jahor Kasaro\u016d, Siarhiej Bochan, Natalla Kaz\u0142ova, Raman Prychod\u017aka, Tamara Patockaja and Michai\u0142 Dy\u010dko have not been expunged, which may mean they are serving non-custodial sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights groups consider Patockaja a political prisoner. She was due to go on trial on protest-related charges earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights defenders also added Aleh Ci\u0161al, Kanstancin Panamaro\u016d, Volha Hubar, Ihar Sima\u0161kovi\u010d, Alaksandar \u0160eliapie\u0144, Alaksandar Kuksa and Rus\u0142an Zubko\u016d to their list of political prisoners. They all were convicted on charges ranging from inciting hatred and insulting officials to association with an extremist group and violent disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People placed on the list of individuals involved in extremist activities are banned from any education- and publishing-related activity, as well as from holding state positions and from doing military service, for five years after completing their sentences or after the related conviction is deleted from the criminal record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their financial transactions are subject to close monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the crackdown on the 2020 postelection protests, authorities in Belarus equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, the free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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\">Reprisals: 2020 protester arrested, exiled activist accused of extremism<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 28, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on March 27 as Hrodna police arrested Mikita Samaryn, persecuted on charges widely seen as politically motivated, the Pravo Imeyut Telegram channel reported. \u00a0 In December 2020, he &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/131911\">\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>March 28, Pozirk. The interior ministry has added 15 new names to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total of entries to 5,088, its website says. All blacklisted persons were convicted on charges that authorities use to persecute political opponents. The criminal records of D\u017amitryj Ciukaje\u016d, Stefanija Filipo\u016dskaja, Jahor Kasaro\u016d, Siarhiej [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58193,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-131978","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Interior ministry brands 15 people as extremists | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 28, Pozirk. 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