{"id":155464,"date":"2025-09-15T11:41:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155464\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"prosecutor-general-seeks-extremist-group-designation-for-belarus-exiled-university","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155464\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor General seeks extremist group designation for Belarus\u2019 exiled university"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ehu_744x496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ehu_744x496.jpg 750w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ehu_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(EHU)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 15, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied has asked the Supreme Court to designate Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU) as an extremist group and ban its activities and symbols in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He accused EHU of \u201cdeliberately working to destabilize\u201d Belarus by providing assistance to &#8220;radically politicized groups&#8221; and cooperating with &#8220;the secret services of some neighboring states to harm Belarus&#8217; interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk also accused EHU of training Belarusian youth for \u201cimplementing Western scenarios for the transformation of the political system in Belarus\u201d as well as promoting democracy and pro-European views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other accusations include the university\u2019s contacts with exiled opposition initiatives outlawed in Belarus, including the opposition transition cabinet described as a \u201cforeign terrorist organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutors described some EHU instructors and graduates as criminals, alleging they incited hatred, plotted a coup, called for sanctions and undermined national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago, Minsk announced extremist content designations for the EHU website and social media pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Membership in extremist groups is a crime in Belarus that carries a prison sentence of up to seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1992 in Minsk, the EHU was forced to relocate to Vilnius in 2005 due to persecution in Belarus.<\/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\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/statkevich_hramada_org_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\">Statkievi\u010d&#039;s party sounds alarm over his disappearance<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 15, Pozirk. The Narodnaja Hramada party urged the Belarusian and international community to react to the disappearance of its chairman Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, missing since September 11. The politician was one of the 52 dissidents pardoned four days ago after &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/155417\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 15, Pozirk. Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied has asked the Supreme Court to designate Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU) as an extremist group and ban its activities and symbols in Belarus. 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