{"id":166086,"date":"2025-11-28T17:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166086\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-designates-music-radio-station-as-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166086\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus designates music radio station as extremist group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 28,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added <em>Radio Plato<\/em>, an online music station run by Belarusians, to its list of extremist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original decision to blacklist the radio station was taken by the Committee for State Security (KGB) on November 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB listed Alaksandar Karniej\u010duk, Pavie\u0142 Kirpika\u016d, Raman Ba\u0142bucki, Jahor Puj\u0161a, Alaksiej \u0141abunovi\u010d, D\u017aianis Bierazovik, Filipp Kupryjanavi\u010d, Maksim Za\u0144\u010duk, Andrej \u0160ynkaro\u016d and Alaksandar Rynkievi\u010d as members of station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The station was launched in the fall of 2018 to broadcast \u201cwonderful local music and art for global audience,\u201d says its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities declared the <em>Radio Plato<\/em> website and social media accounts \u201cextremist content\u201d on November 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The charge of association with an extremist group carries sentence of up to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/genush_socialmedia_112025-354x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/genush_socialmedia_112025-354x199.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/genush_socialmedia_112025-734x413.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/genush_socialmedia_112025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/genush_socialmedia_112025.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 prosecutor labels images of Soviet dissident Hieniju\u0161 as \u201crehabilitation of Nazism\u201d<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 28,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Prosecutor General\u2019s Office classified Christmas decorations with images of Soviet dissident poetess \u0141arysa Hieniju\u0161 as \u201cproducts related to the rehabilitation of Nazism,\u201d ordering the Kaladnaja Krama to remove the item from sale. 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