{"id":167271,"date":"2025-12-08T14:18:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167271\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"mahilou-man-accused-of-denying-genocide-in-online-comment","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167271\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahilo\u016d man accused of denying genocide in online comment"},"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\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Marco Chilese \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 8, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> An 18-year-old resident of Mahilo\u016d faces criminal charges of denying the genocide of the Belarusian people during World War II, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2024, the accused allegedly posted a comment in a public Telegram chat to &#8220;deny well-known historical facts,\u201d according to case files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, plasterer Andrej Savicki was given three years in prison for denying genocide against the Belarusian people and insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka. Rights groups consider him a political prisoner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the 2020 postelection protests, authorities in Minsk launched a campaign to highlight the genocidal dimensions of massacres committed by the Germans in 1941\u201343.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years ago, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka signed a law to criminalize genocide denial, while officials and propaganda workers often try to pin genocide on opposition activists by calling them \u201cfascists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied personally contributed content by editing the \u201cGenocide Against the Belarusian People During the Great Patriotic War\u201d textbook for 5th graders, in which he accused voters who took to the street to protest election fraud in 2020 of using Nazi symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0160vied also referred to Belarus\u2019 historic white-red-white flag, used by the opposition, as a \u201csymbol of Nazism and genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sud_molotok_unsplash_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sud_molotok_unsplash_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sud_molotok_unsplash_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sud_molotok_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sud_molotok_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">Case of sixth deceased WW2 criminal sent to Supreme Court<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 2, Pozirk. Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied has forwarded a case against Hans Siegling to the Supreme Court, charging the dead member of the SS and security police with genocide. The German-born Siegling, who died in 1978, had headed &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/166481\">\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>December 8, Pozirk. An 18-year-old resident of Mahilo\u016d faces criminal charges of denying the genocide of the Belarusian people during World War II, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office reports. In September 2024, the accused allegedly posted a comment in a public Telegram chat to &#8220;deny well-known historical facts,\u201d according to case files. 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