{"id":157340,"date":"2025-09-26T21:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157340\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"interior-ministry-brands-exiled-activist-as-extremist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157340\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry brands exiled activist as extremist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 26, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian interior ministry has added 33 people to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the update, some of them are serving sentences. These are Siarhiej Kvakin, Vital Kaleda, Valer Papko\u016d, Andrej Niechviadovi\u010d, D\u017amitry \u0160ab\u0142yka, Ja\u016dhieni Andryje\u016dski, Ihar Ryma\u0161e\u016dski, Ivan Ju\u0161kievi\u010d and Ihar Ka\u0142uje\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The list also includes exiled opposition activist Anton Matolka, with the note \u201cwanted\u201d next to his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, the Hrodna Regional Court sentenced the founder of the now-defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun group to 20 years in prison, without the defendant being present. Matolka faced 14 charges, including conspiracy to overthrow the government. His group monitored military activity in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extremist register on the interior ministry\u2019s website contains 5,817 entries.<\/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\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_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\">Activists confirm 61 arrests over links to Bie\u0142aruski Hajun<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 8, Pozirk. Human rights activists have confirmed the detention of 61 people over links to the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun resistance group, the Viasna center reported on Telegram today. This is a significant increase from a total of 53 arrests reported &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/154222\">\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>September 26, Pozirk. The Belarusian interior ministry has added 33 people to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities.\u201d According to the update, some of them are serving sentences. These are Siarhiej Kvakin, Vital Kaleda, Valer Papko\u016d, Andrej Niechviadovi\u010d, D\u017amitry \u0160ab\u0142yka, Ja\u016dhieni Andryje\u016dski, Ihar Ryma\u0161e\u016dski, Ivan Ju\u0161kievi\u010d and Ihar Ka\u0142uje\u016d. The list also includes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":96916,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-157340","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>Interior ministry brands exiled activist as extremist | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 26, Pozirk. 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