{"id":173726,"date":"2026-01-31T13:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173726\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"berlin-seeks-to-shield-personal-data-of-belarusian-aid-recipients","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173726\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin seeks to shield personal data of Belarusian aid recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/germania-flag-pixabay-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/germania-flag-pixabay-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/germania-flag-pixabay-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/germania-flag-pixabay-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/germania-flag-pixabay-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/germania-flag-pixabay-1128-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 31,<em> Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The German government classified information on its ongoing projects in Belarus sought by the MPs from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), saying its commitment to transparency is limited by rules protecting confidential data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cabinet rejected three requests submitted by the AfD faction in December 2025 on projects in Belarus, Nicaragua and Myanmar overseen by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the case of Belarus, the projects are funded at \u20ac500,000 and \u20ac220,000. The larger project runs from November 2024 to October 2027 and focuses on democratic and inclusive governance, the empowerment of people with disabilities and gender equality. The second project runs from January 2024 to December 2027 and focuses on reproductive, maternal and child health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant recipients and civil society representatives in Belarus operate under an extremely repressive authoritarian regime by Alaksandar Luka\u0161enka and other officials who are subject to European Union sanctions for human rights abuses, the German government said. Disclosure of foreign aid recipients and their German partners could put them at risk of reprisals, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Belarusian police raided editorial offices and interrogated several editors of local periodicals over alleged contracts with the German embassy in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AfD politician J\u00f6rg Dornau was reportedly linked to Cybulka-Bie\u0142 company that used Belarusian political prisoners\u2019 labor.<\/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\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241202_Strizak_Minsk_forum_POZ_1128_0007_DSC3580.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Germany news<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Germany news, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">BySol head says Germany\u2019s AfD is tool of influence for \u0141uka\u0161enka officials<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 16, Pozirk. The German government refused to disclose the identities of Belarusian persecution victims at a request from the far-right AfD faction, citing confidentiality, Andrej Stry\u017eak, head of the BySol Solidarity Foundation, said on social media. The personal data &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/147010\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/2025\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bysol_logo_fb_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Bundestag\u2019s far-right members question German government about Belarus-linked expenditures<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 15, Pozirk. Bundestag members from Germany\u2019s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) have inquired the government about the financing of Belarus\u2019 BySol Solidarity Foundation from Germany\u2019s federal budget and spending on former Belarusian political prisoners in Germany. BySol head Andrej &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/146883\">\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 31, Pozirk. The German government classified information on its ongoing projects in Belarus sought by the MPs from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), saying its commitment to transparency is limited by rules protecting confidential data. 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