{"id":166089,"date":"2025-11-28T17:24:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166089\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-designates-23-as-extremists-three-as-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166089\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus designates 23 as extremists, three as terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 28,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Authorities in Belarus have designated 23 convicts as extremists and three as terrorists\u2014the labels usually applied to opponents of the government sentenced on politically-motivated charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cterrorists\u201d\u2014Valer Hryhonis, U\u0142adzimir Ku\u0161ner and Alaksandar Va\u0142\u010dok\u2014were convicted of inciting social hatred, apparently in connection with social media posts, and also of calling for sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Viasna Human Rights Center lists them among political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ku\u0161ner, for instance, was sentenced to two years in prison for a 2022 social media post concerning Ukraine. All three are also on the list of designated extremists.<\/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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