{"id":136469,"date":"2025-05-02T14:07:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T11:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136469\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"two-media-projects-three-opposition-groups-branded-extremist-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/136469\/","title":{"rendered":"Two media projects, three opposition groups branded extremist in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 2, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The interior ministry has added Partyzanskaja Chvala, a subdivision of Cyberpartisans hacktivist group and Belsat<\/em>\u2019s Haj Tak<\/em> TV to its extremist group register, its website says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Committee for State Security (KGB) branded three other opposition projects as extremist groups, among them Bie\u0142aruskaja Hrenadziorskaja Charuhva with 29 people identified as members. It may be linked to the Paspalitaje Ru\u0161e\u0144ne patrioritic initiative also considered extremist in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The KGB also blacklisted the Narodny Deputat and Partyzanka initiatives. D\u017amitryj Karniajenka, Kaciaryna Mareckaja and Alaksandar Korny\u0161a\u016d, editor in chief of Viciebski Kurjer<\/em>, were accused of links to the Narodny Deputat, a project that exposed and analyzed activities of Viciebsk officials and monitored local politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Partyzanka initiative provides legal assistance to Belarusian political exiles. The KGB said lawyer Hanna Macije\u016dskaja and artist Jana \u0160ostak were running it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many groups and associations were branded extremist for political reasons in Belarus after the disputed 2020 presidential election. Belarusian authorities routinely use terrorism and extremism designations to silence critical voices. Association with an extremist group carries a penalty of two to seven years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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