{"id":169957,"date":"2025-12-29T21:49:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T18:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169957\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"interior-ministry-adds-11-names-to-its-list-of-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169957\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry adds 11 names to its list of extremists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 interior ministry on December 24 added 11 names to its list of extremists, which currently has 6,127 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year so far, the list has been expanded by 1,319 entries, compared to a total of 1,169 names added in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All individuals added on December 24 were convicted under articles that have been routinely used by authorities for politically-motivated persecution. Two of them are documented political prisoners, ex-Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment fighters Vasil Vieramiej\u010dyk and Vasil Hra\u010dycha, sentenced to 13 and five years in prison, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among other additions are U\u0142adzimir Zachara\u016d convicted of discrediting Belarus and ex-diplomat D\u017amitryj Iljuchin convicted of facilitating extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maryna Scib\u0142o, Alena Izotava, Dzianis Sarokin, Andrej Sielaznio\u016d, Siarhiej Harba\u010de\u016dski, Ja\u016dhien Chilko and Kiry\u0142 Kra\u016d\u010duk were convicted of extremism-related crimes. Their respective entries contain the note \u201csentence not completed,\u201d which usually means that they were sentenced to \u201crestricted freedom\u201d in home confinement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People placed on the list of individuals involved in extremist activities are banned from any education- and publishing-related activity, as well as from holding state positions and from doing military service, for five years after completing their sentences or after the related conviction is deleted from the criminal record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their financial transactions are subject to close monitoring.<\/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\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"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, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">Rights group reports more than 1,250 political convictions in 2025<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 29, Pozirk. At least 1,254 people have been convicted in politically-motivated criminal cases in Belarus this year, including 355 women and 45 seniors, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. Belarusian judges also passed guilty verdicts against 30 exiles without &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/169875\">\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 29, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 interior ministry on December 24 added 11 names to its list of extremists, which currently has 6,127 entries. This year so far, the list has been expanded by 1,319 entries, compared to a total of 1,169 names added in 2024. 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