{"id":165092,"date":"2025-11-21T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165092\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"more-than-6000-extremists-on-interior-ministrys-blacklist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165092\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 6,000 \u201cextremists\u201d on interior ministry\u2019s blacklist"},"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\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Ron Dyar \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 21,<em>&nbsp;Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added 30 people to its list of \u201cextremists\u201d\u2014as it usually labels people prosecuted for political reasons, according to human rights activists. The list contains as many as 6,019 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additions include Siarhiej \u010cabocka, owner of the s13.ru website declared an \u201cextremist group\u201d by the Committee for State Security last year, and Arkad\u017a Kaj\u010durenka, an activist sentenced to five years in prison after returning to Belarus from exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hrodna Regional Court sentenced \u010cabo\u0107ka to three and a half years in prison and fined him 42,000 rubels ($14,100) in late October. He was found guilty of forming an extremist group and defaming Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People placed on the list of individuals involved in extremist activities are banned from any education- and publishing-related activity, as well as from holding state positions and from doing military service, for five years after completing their sentences or after the related conviction is deleted from the criminal record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their financial transactions are subject to close monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the crackdown on the 2020 postelection protests, authorities in Belarus equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, the free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-333x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-333x236.jpg 333w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-690x490.jpg 690w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/repressii_pixabay.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>                        <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\">Rights defenders add four to list of political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 19,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Belarusian human rights groups have designated four more people as political prisoners, the Viasna Human Rights Center said. Illa Kniazie\u016d, Ihar \u0160\u0142oma, Maryna Marozava and U\u0142adzimir \u0160amiakin were convicted of mass disorder, apparently in connection with their role in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/164758\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 21,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added 30 people to its list of \u201cextremists\u201d\u2014as it usually labels people prosecuted for political reasons, according to human rights activists. The list contains as many as 6,019 entries. The additions include Siarhiej \u010cabocka, owner of the s13.ru website declared an \u201cextremist group\u201d by the Committee for State Security last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":58193,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-165092","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>More than 6,000 \u201cextremists\u201d on interior ministry\u2019s blacklist | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 21,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added 30 people to its list of \u201cextremists\u201d\u2014as it usually labels people prosecuted for\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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