{"id":174404,"date":"2026-02-05T14:04:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/174404\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"authorities-brand-18-social-media-accounts-extremist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/174404\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities brand 18 social media accounts \u201cextremist\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

February 5, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>New instances of politically motivated persecution in Belarus documented on February 3 and 4 included blacklisting 18 social media accounts, channels and chats linked to exiled media outlets, opposition groups and activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In particular, the information ministry extended its list of \u201cextremist content\u201d to include wesolapka, lenazhivoglod, antik04, anavishn, kat_maksimovich, samaabveshchanaiasviataia, \u0420\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0431\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f\u041f\u0430\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0443\u0445\u0430, eolonir, bahoukaclown, maryna_shtr, yaraslau88, caesarissimus, and stais_in_space on Instagram; \u041d\u0435 \u041c\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a | \u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438, \u0411\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0441\u044c | \u0417\u0430 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0442\u0443 on TikTok; eolonir on Threads; and \u041a\u0423\u0420\u0418\u041b\u041a\u0410, \u041f\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0430, \u0427\u0430\u043b\u044b\u0439. \u041e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0432\u044f\u0437\u044c on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus has been subjecting lawyers to politically-motivated persecution since the controversial 2020 presidential election, Jasmine D. Cameron, an international human rights lawyer, told a US Congress hearing on human rights in Belarus on February 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPolitical prisoners continue to face ill-treatment, isolation, and torture. Some have been held incommunicado for extended periods of time, which amounts to torture and may constitute enforced disappearance,\u201d Human Rights Watch said in its annual report for 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Viasna Human Rights Center reported that its count of victims of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus since May 2020 rose to 9,363 in January to 9,185 in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, the Viciebsk City Prosecutor\u2019s Office opened six criminal cases to prosecute \u201cextremism-relating crimes,\u201d including \u201cillegal mass events.\u201d As many as 108 citizens were warned against the \u201cinadmissibility of violating regulations against extremism.\u201d Censors identified a number of information channels displaying \u201cobvious signs of extremism,\u201d and six of them were branded \u201cextremist\u201d by court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian judges handed down 8,090 politically-motivated sentences. Last month, rights defenders added 51 names to their list of political prisoners,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of February 4, human rights defenders identified at least 1,149 political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because of many undocumented cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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