{"id":134804,"date":"2025-04-18T13:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134804\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"interior-ministry-brands-50-people-as-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134804\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry brands 50 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>April 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The interior ministry has added 50 new names to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities,\u201d after adding a batch of 27 people a week ago, its website says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry\u2019s register now has 5,192 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All recently blacklisted persons were convicted on charges that authorities use to persecute political opponents, yet rights groups have added only one of them to their political prisoners list: U\u0142adzimir \u0160pak, given seven years in prison on protest- and extremism-related charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new additions feature Illa \u010cy\u017e, Siarhiej Sa\u016d\u010danka, Artur Bilibucha, Dzianis Dziemasiuk, U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d \u010cy\u017e, Alaksandar Vi\u0161nie\u016dski, Anton Chviad\u010denia and Siarhiej Kulinievi\u010d imprisoned for participation in protests. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ja\u016dhien Barel, Kiry\u0142 Samojlenka, U\u0142adzimir Cybulski, Alaksandar Lis and Vital Chal\u010dycki are serving terms on charges ranging from insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka to facilitating extremism for alleged association with opposition groups, media outlets or initiatives declared extremist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sentences of 36 others remain incomplete, which may mean they are serving non-custodial terms.<\/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.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/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: Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s website declared extremist content in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Briefly: Officials blacklist Belarusians\u2019 online communities from seven countries Patriotic priest&#039;s followers declared &quot;extremist group&quot; Ivacevi\u010dy man charged with justifying Nazi atrocities in Chaty\u0144 April 18, Pozirk. 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