{"id":168451,"date":"2025-12-16T18:19:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168451\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"investigative-committee-opens-extremism-case-against-exiled-activist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168451\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigative Committee opens extremism case against exiled activist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 16,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 Investigative Committee has announced that it opened an extremism case against Viktoryja Bakunovi\u010d, who presumably lives in exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators suspect her of forming an extremist group and facilitating extremism, charges routinely used in Belarus to prosecute opposition activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2022, police accused Bakunovi\u010d of being a member of Xinkalik group on the Zello push-to-talk application. &nbsp;<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.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\">Reprisals continue: 1,110 dissidents remain behind bars after high-profile releases<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 16, Pozirk. Three days ago, 123 designated political prisoners, including prominent opposition figures and activists, were freed following talks between Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and John Coale, US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy for Belarus, Pozirk reported. All freed people were &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/168353\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 16,&nbsp;Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 Investigative Committee has announced that it opened an extremism case against Viktoryja Bakunovi\u010d, who presumably lives in exile. Investigators suspect her of forming an extremist group and facilitating extremism, charges routinely used in Belarus to prosecute opposition activists. 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