{"id":149242,"date":"2025-08-01T17:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149242\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarus-adds-17-to-extremist-list","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149242\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus adds 17 to extremist list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 1, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus has added 17 people to its extremist list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their charges ranged from inciting hatred and insulting the head of state to violent disorder and extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of them, Vital Ka\u015bciecki, has been declared a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The others are Marharyta \u0160\u010dyrec, Maryna Mazo\u016dka, D\u017amitry and Volha Sa\u016dli\u010d, Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d D\u017amitrovi\u010d, U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Baciano\u016dski, Maryja Harniak-Baciano\u016dskaja, Lilija Lebiedzieva, Natalla \u010cartovi\u010d, D\u017amitry Sasim, Ta\u0107ciana Ancipovi\u010d, D\u017amitry Je\u016ddakima\u016d, Maryna Dzialendzik, Ta\u0107ciana Kandrackaja, Pavie\u0142 Kabiako\u016d and Jana Bieraziuk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listing convicts as \u201cextremists\u201d is one of the mechanisms of political reprisals that have been ongoing in Belarus since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, on July 30, the interior ministry declared the TCU group of Telegram channels an \u201cextremist formation.\u201d<\/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\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk-based artist \u0160alapina charged with facilitating extremism<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 31,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Police in Minsk have charged Aksana \u0160alapina, an artist arrested several days ago, with facilitating extremism, Na\u0161a Niva reported. The charge carries a prison sentence of up to seven years. Other instances of politically-motivated persecution documented on July 29 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/149019\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 1, Pozirk. Belarus has added 17 people to its extremist list. Their charges ranged from inciting hatred and insulting the head of state to violent disorder and extremism. One of them, Vital Ka\u015bciecki, has been declared a political prisoner. 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