{"id":143506,"date":"2025-06-21T13:28:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T10:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143506\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"reprisals-police-raids-target-novaja-bielarus-applications-users","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143506\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: police raids target Novaja Bie\u0142aru\u015b application\u2019s users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Briefly: pages by Belarusian communities in the Netherlands, Czechia branded extremist<\/strong> content<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interior ministry blacklists petitions service<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian volunteer\u2019s brother facing protest-related charges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 21, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Law enforcers conducted searches across Belarus linked to a criminal case against users of the Novaja Bie\u0142aru\u015b application developed by exiled IT professional Pavie\u0142 Libier, the state-run ONT <\/em>TV channel reported, airing three confession videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The information ministry announced extremist content designations for belarusians.nl<\/em>, <\/strong>the website of the Belarusian community in the Netherlands, and the associated Facebook account, as well as Bie\u0142arusy \u010cechii\/ B\u011blorusov\u00e9 v \u010cR\/ Belarusians in the Czech Republic<\/em> on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other cases of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus on June 19 and 20 included 27 new names on the interior ministry\u2019s list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities also branded Petitions.by<\/em>, a service for public appeals to government bodies, as an extremist group three days ago. The interior ministry named economist U\u0142adzimir Kava\u0142kin as an accomplice and banned the project\u2019s website and social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, the Committee of State Security (KGB) added Adu.pl\u0430\u0441\u0435<\/em>, its website and social media to the register, listing Darja Ruble\u016dskaja, Kaciaryna Bunina, Hanna Kom\u0142a\u010d and Viera Monina as members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criminal proceedings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators forwarded to court a criminal case on violent disorder charges against Maksim Urbanovi\u010d, whose brother Dzianis Urbanovi\u010d is fighting Russia in Ukraine, Belsat <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former law enforcer Alaksandar Mazuryn was convicted on charges of inciting hatred, but the term remains unknown, Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A judge from H\u0142ybokaje, Vciebsk region, sentenced local history enthusiast Pavie\u0142 \u0141a\u016drynovi\u010d to a restricted freedom term, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other cases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art manager U\u0142adzimir Bu\u0142a\u016dski left Belarus, Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported. He was released from prison in late 2024 after serving a two-year prison term on protest-related charges. Rights groups considered his persecution to be politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of June 21, human rights defenders identified at least 1,186 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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