{"id":134634,"date":"2025-04-17T13:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T10:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134634\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"patriotic-priests-followers-declared-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134634\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriotic priest&#8217;s followers declared &#8220;extremist group&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 17, Pozirk. <\/strong>The Belarusian interior ministry yesterday declared the followers of Roman Catholic priest Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Barok an &#8220;extremist group.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barok is the pastor of Belarusians in Warsaw. He fled Belarus in 2021 because of reprisals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry targeted his followers on YouTube, Facebook and Telegram, as well as those who correspond with him by email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia put Barok on a wanted list in February 2024.<\/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\">Belarusian diaspora&#039;s Telegram channels labeled &quot;extremist content&quot;<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 16, Pozirk. Human rights defenders report that the &quot;extremist content&quot; list on the information ministry&#039;s website has been updated. It now covers eight Telegram channels of the Belarusian diaspora: Belarusians in Spain, Belarusians in the Netherlands, Belarusians in Zielona &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/134573\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 17, Pozirk. The Belarusian interior ministry yesterday declared the followers of Roman Catholic priest Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Barok an &#8220;extremist group.&#8221; Barok is the pastor of Belarusians in Warsaw. He fled Belarus in 2021 because of reprisals. The ministry targeted his followers on YouTube, Facebook and Telegram, as well as those who correspond with him by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":75141,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-134634","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>Patriotic priest&#039;s followers declared &quot;extremist group&quot; | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 17, Pozirk. 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