{"id":133578,"date":"2025-04-09T18:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133578\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"kgb-brands-jailed-eu-delegations-employee-12-others-as-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133578\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB brands jailed EU delegation\u2019s employee, 12 others as terrorists"},"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\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Mika\u0142aj Chi\u0142a\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(VKontakte)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 9, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Belarus\u2019 Committee for State Security (KGB) included 13 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 Mika\u0142aj Chi\u0142a, jailed Baptist preacher and local staff member of the European Union&#8217;s delegation to Belarus, serving a four-year prison term on charges of inciting hatred and association with an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other additions include Kiry\u0142 Vieviel, U\u0142adzimir \u0160pak and doctors Alena Jelkina and Lilija Ka\u010dan, who were given prison terms on extremism- and protest-related charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrej Ruble\u016dski, Volha Hubar, Ihar Sima\u0161kovi\u010d, Alaksiej \u0160pako\u016dski, Karyna Malino\u016dskaja, Pavie\u0142 Kazinca\u016d, Alaksandar Darahakupiec and Raman Jakimionak are serving prison terms on charges ranging from inciting hatred and insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka to rioting and unauthorized preparations for military actions abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights groups consider all of them to be political prisoners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB\u2019s terrorist register lists 1,269 names, including at least 580 Belarusian nationals. Prisoners declared terrorists are prohibited from receiving money transfers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights activists blame the Belarusian authorities for abusing 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\">Belarus puts jailed EU staffer on extremism list<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 21, Pozirk. Belarusian officials have added 22 names to the list of people involved in &quot;extremist activities,&quot; the interior ministry reported. The new additions include Mika\u0142aj Chi\u0142a, the jailed EU embassy staffer. The others are: Viktar \u0141ukanovi\u010d, Lilija Ka\u010dan, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/131048\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><br><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 9, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 Committee for State Security (KGB) included 13 people in the list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities,\u201d says a document published on its Telegram channel. 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