{"id":167841,"date":"2025-12-12T13:44:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167841\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"interior-ministry-blacklists-belarusian-anti-propaganda-project","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167841\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry blacklists Belarusian anti-propaganda project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 12, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Belarusian interior ministry labelled the Kastu\u015b project, active since 2021, as an &#8220;extremist&#8221; group two days ago, listing Kanstancin Rezni\u010dak and Alaksandar Hierasimienka as members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law enforcers also blacklisted the project\u2019s accounts on Telegram, YouTube and Facebook as well as its logo depicting a man&#8217;s head on a white-red-white background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the YouTube channels linked to Kastu\u015b, with nearly 60,000 followers, describes the project\u2019s priorities as dismantling the lies of Russian propaganda and raising funds to help those fighting against Russia in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the official register of extremist groups by the interior ministry and the Committee for State Security (KGB) contains 322 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extremist designation carries a punishment of up to 10 years in prison for anyone associated with these entities.<\/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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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\/02\/warszawa-pixabay-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/warszawa-pixabay-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/warszawa-pixabay-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/warszawa-pixabay-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/warszawa-pixabay-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/warszawa-pixabay-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">KGB designates Poland-based companies, jazz club as extremist group<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarus\u2019 Committee for State Security on November 12 designated two Polish event agencies, Terra Group Event and SSL Production, and Sk\u0142ad Butelek, a Warsaw-based bar and jazz club that often hosts Belarusian performers, as extremist groups. 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