{"id":177759,"date":"2026-03-02T16:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/177759\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"interior-ministry-brands-viejsnoryja-group-as-extremist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/177759\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry brands Viej\u0161noryja group as extremist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 2, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Belarusian interior ministry has branded the Viej\u0161noryja group and its social media pages as extremist, blacklisting art manager Aleh \u0141ary\u010da\u016d as a member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rights groups designated \u0141ary\u010da\u016d, persecuted on extremism-related charges, as a political prisoner in mid-January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August 2022, the Lida District Court in the Hrodna region blacklisted the content of the entire Viej\u0161noryja community network, including Veisnoria Production YouTube channel and social media pages, as extremist content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viej\u0161noryja is the name that the Belarusian defense ministry used to refer to\u00a0a fake separatist state in western Belarus, a hypothetical enemy during the 2017 Belarusian-Russian military drills. Some opposition activists use the name to refer to a better Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the crackdown on the 2020 postelection protests, authorities in Belarus equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total of entries on the official extremist group register now stands at 334.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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