{"id":173627,"date":"2026-01-30T13:29:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173627\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"interior-ministry-adds-12-to-list-of-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173627\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry adds 12 to list of extremists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 30, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 interior ministry added 12 names to its list of extremists, which currently has 6,226 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eleven are serving prison sentences after being convicted of facilitating extremism. Observers assume that all or most of them were prosecuted over their communications with the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun resistance group that monitored Russian and Belarusian military activity in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksei Kajda\u0161, Aleh Rudnicki, Arciom \u0160ynkievi\u010d and Alaksandar Karatkievi\u010d were accused over links to Bie\u0142aruski Hajun. Kajda\u0161 and Karatkievi\u010d were given three years in prison. Sentences for Rudnicki and \u0160ynkievi\u010d are unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other additions convicted of facilitating extremism are Andrej Ka\u015bciuk, Ja\u016dhien Maziec, Maksim Siamitka, Kiryl Leskiec, Ihar Famianok, Alaksandar Chazieje\u016d and Alaksandar Vieramko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrej \u0160majanko\u016d was convicted of defaming the head of state and desecrating state symbols.<\/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<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.&nbsp;&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\">High-profile trial of KKR volunteers opens in Minsk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 30, Pozirk. A new criminal case, a high-profile trial and digital censorship were among new instances of political persecution reported in Belarus on January 28 and 29. Authorities brought new extremism-related charges against Miko\u0142a Dziadok, an opposition activist released &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/173581\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 30, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 interior ministry added 12 names to its list of extremists, which currently has 6,226 entries. Eleven are serving prison sentences after being convicted of facilitating extremism. 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