{"id":132675,"date":"2025-04-02T22:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T19:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132675\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"rights-group-reports-massive-kgb-raid-with-detentions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132675\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights group reports KGB crackdown, detentions"},"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\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(brock-msc.livejournal.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 2, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Human rights defenders have received reports on a recent crackdown by the Committee for State Security (KGB) in Belarus, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB carried out raids in different cities across the country on March 20\u201321, arresting an unspecified number of suspects. Some of them face &#8220;terrorist&#8221; charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian government has been carrying out reprisals since 2020.<\/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\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/maksim_urbanovich-svaboda-1128.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\">KGB agents arrest brother of Belarusian volunteer fighting Russia in Ukraine<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 2, Pozirk. Committee for State Security (KGB) agents have arrested Maksim Urbanovi\u010d, whose brother Dzianis Urbanovi\u010d is currently fighting Russia in Ukraine, Belsat reports. Law enforcers have sealed the apartment, in which Maksim resided with his girlfriend. His current &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/132618\">\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>April 2, Pozirk. Human rights defenders have received reports on a recent crackdown by the Committee for State Security (KGB) in Belarus, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. The KGB carried out raids in different cities across the country on March 20\u201321, arresting an unspecified number of suspects. Some of them face &#8220;terrorist&#8221; charges. 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