{"id":140473,"date":"2025-05-29T17:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140473\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"minsk-bans-18-more-books","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140473\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk bans 18 more books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian information ministry has added 18 books to the list of banned titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its press office reports that the decision was taken by the national commission analyzing symbols and information products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;All these titles can harm the national interests of our country,&#8221; the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, it banned <em>Modern Encyclopedia for Girls<\/em> by the Belarusian authors Kaciaryna Dzianisava and Maryna Mientusava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, it prohibited the <em>Middlesex <\/em>novel by the American author Jeffrey Eugenides. The book won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cruel Women<\/em> by the 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch also ended up on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 26, the Belarusian deputy information minister suggested at an international book fair in St. Petersburg that Belarus and Russia should exchange &#8220;extremist literature&#8221; lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister, Dzianis Jazierski, called for the closest cooperation possible to crack down on &#8220;books that can negatively affect readers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/photo_2024-01-05_17-08-16-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/photo_2024-01-05_17-08-16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/photo_2024-01-05_17-08-16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/photo_2024-01-05_17-08-16.jpg 996w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Swedish embassy regrets ban of Fredrik Backman&#039;s trilogy in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 16, Pozirk. 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For example, it banned Modern Encyclopedia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":124994,"template":"","rubric":[14,13],"class_list":["post-140473","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minsk bans 18 more books | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 29, Pozirk. The Belarusian information ministry has added 18 books to the list of banned titles. 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