{"id":172303,"date":"2026-01-20T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/172303\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"kgb-designates-free-belarus-center-as-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/172303\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB designates Free Belarus Center as extremist group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/free_belarus_center_logo_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/free_belarus_center_logo_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/free_belarus_center_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/free_belarus_center_logo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/free_belarus_center_logo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/free_belarus_center_logo_1128x752-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January<\/strong><strong> 20,<\/strong><em> <\/em><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 Committee for State Security (KGB), by its January 15 decision, designated Free Belarus Center as an extremist group. The interior ministry added the nonprofit to its blacklist on January 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior ministry identified Marta Skuharava, Alvina Minhazava, Palina Brodzik and Ivan Maro\u017aka as individuals associated with the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based in Warsaw and Kyiv, Free Belarus Center provides legal and mental health counseling to Belarusians. The group helped evacuate people to safer locations in Ukraine after the start of Russia\u2019s large-scale invasion in February 2022. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 list of extremist groups contains 325 organizations, including most of the exiled Belarusian media outlets.<\/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\">Trials, arrests, digital censorship reported on January 17\u201319<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 20, Pozirk. Trials, arrests, digital censorship and new discriminatory legislative changes were among instances of politically motivated harassment documented between January 17 and 19. On January 17, the government enacted changes prohibiting people convicted of extremism-related crimes \u2014 charges &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/172289\">\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>January 20, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 Committee for State Security (KGB), by its January 15 decision, designated Free Belarus Center as an extremist group. The interior ministry added the nonprofit to its blacklist on January 20. The interior ministry identified Marta Skuharava, Alvina Minhazava, Palina Brodzik and Ivan Maro\u017aka as individuals associated with the group. 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