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July 23, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Prominent political commentators and journalists are wanted in Russia over their alleged links to the Belarusian exiled news agency Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russian database lists Alaksandar Klasko\u016dski, Piotra Rudko\u016dski, Germany-based scholar Alexander Friedman and journalist Ta\u0107ciana Karaviankova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, the Belarusian interior ministry blacklisted Pozirk<\/em> as an extremist group in Belarus. Human rights activist Raman Ki\u015blak was also identified as a member of the group by the interior ministry, but he is not in Russia\u2019s wanted database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pozirk<\/em> was launched by members of Belarus\u2019 oldest independent news agency, BelaPAN<\/em>. In November 2021, Minsk outlawed BelaPAN <\/em>as an extremist group and later sentenced three of its staff to prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most independent media outlets have been branded extremist groups 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

The official Belarusian extremist register contains 300 entries, including more than 40 media outlets and the Belarusian Association of Journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Pozirk designated as extremist group in Belarus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

July 23, Pozirk. Prominent political commentators and journalists are wanted in Russia over their alleged links to the Belarusian exiled news agency Pozirk. The Russian database lists Alaksandar Klasko\u016dski, Piotra Rudko\u016dski, Germany-based scholar Alexander Friedman and journalist Ta\u0107ciana Karaviankova. Earlier, the Belarusian interior ministry blacklisted Pozirk as an extremist group in Belarus. Human rights activist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":147785,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-147801","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRussia puts Pozirk's commentators on wanted list | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 23, Pozirk. 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