{"id":157894,"date":"2025-09-30T21:59:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157894\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"censorship-list-undergoes-massive-expansion","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157894\/","title":{"rendered":"Censorship list undergoes massive expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 30, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian information ministry has expanded the list of \u201cextremist content\u201d by 29 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between September 15 and 30, the number of the list\u2019s pages rose from 1,810 to 1,839.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials added 70 sections grouping hundreds of sources, mainly on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In particular, they banned the online library Kamunikat.org, as well as books by American historian Timothy Snyder (\u201cOn Freedom\u201d) and Belarusian philosopher Valancin Akudovi\u010d (\u201cThe Absence Code\u201d and \u201cImagine Sisyphus Happy\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\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals target 2020 protesters, online content<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 25, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on September 24 as Valer Cima\u0161enka, a former designated political prisoner, died at the age of 42, one year after his release, his widow Viera Cima\u0161enka said on &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/157049\">\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 30, Pozirk. The Belarusian information ministry has expanded the list of \u201cextremist content\u201d by 29 pages. Between September 15 and 30, the number of the list\u2019s pages rose from 1,810 to 1,839. Officials added 70 sections grouping hundreds of sources, mainly on social media. 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