{"id":152168,"date":"2025-08-22T12:49:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152168\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"kgb-brands-four-regime-critics-as-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152168\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB brands four regime critics as terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        KGB headquarters in Minsk\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(tut.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 22, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The Committee for State Security (KGB) added four more Belarusian dissidents to its list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities,\u201d it said yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All four are serving prison terms on charges that authorities routinely use to persecute opponents. Maryna Mazo\u016dka from Minsk and Homiel lawyer Siarhiej Ch\u0142ysto\u016d were convicted on charges of calling for sanctions and inciting hatred. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maksim Hryt\u010danka and Vasil Ba\u010dko, serving prison terms for calling for sanctions, are also among the recent additions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All four were previously added to the official extremist register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cterrorist list\u201d names a total of 1,447 people, including 633 Belarusian nationals. Prisoners declared terrorists are prohibited from receiving money transfers.<\/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\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0442\u044e\u0440\u044c\u043c\u0430-\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435-\u043f\u0438\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0439.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">Rights groups declare five new political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 21, Pozirk. The Belarusian human rights defenders have declared five more people as political prisoners, taking their total to 1,188, says a statement posted by the Viasna Human Rights Center. One of the additions is Ja\u016dhien Kra\u015bnianski recently sentenced &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/152085\">\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 22, Pozirk. The Committee for State Security (KGB) added four more Belarusian dissidents to its list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities,\u201d it said yesterday. All four are serving prison terms on charges that authorities routinely use to persecute opponents. Maryna Mazo\u016dka from Minsk and Homiel lawyer Siarhiej Ch\u0142ysto\u016d were convicted on charges of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63152,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-152168","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>KGB brands four regime critics as terrorists | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 22, Pozirk. 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