{"id":179247,"date":"2026-03-13T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179247\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:52:06","slug":"interior-ministry-brands-39-people-as-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179247\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry brands 29 people as extremists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Ron Dyar \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 13,<em>\u00a0Pozirk<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry added 29 names to its list of extremists, taking the total of entries on the register to 6,402.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additions include designated political prisoners Artur Tarasa\u016d imprisoned in the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case and Ja\u016dhien Doracha\u016d, persecuted over online comments critical of the current government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vital Ci\u0161\u010danka, Vital Ha\u0142ubo\u016dski, Alaksandar Hiet\u010danka, Anton Celie\u0161, Arciom \u0160mano\u016dski, \u015aviat\u0142ana Brat\u010denia, Ihar Klimkovi\u010d, Rus\u0142an Tupik and Alaksandar Radziuk are serving sentences on charges ranging from inciting hatred to facilitating extremist activities. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentences of 18 recently blacklisted persons remain incomplete, which means that they may be serving non-custodial terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are: Anastasija \u0179vierava, Viktar Kojpa\u0161, Anatol Burak, D\u017amitryj Taryn, U\u0142adzimir Litvina\u016d, Andrej Lip\u010donak, Andrej Aro\u0142, Mikita Barana\u016d, Ja\u016dhien Iskra, Maksim Kandracienka, D\u017amitryj \u0160ap\u0142yka, U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Si\u010dkar, Siarhiej \u0141aty\u0161evi\u010d, Vadzim Mikuli\u010d, Alaksandra Janickaja, Ta\u0107ciana Jara\u0161evi\u010d, Volha Cichanavieckaja and Hanna Pryma\u010dava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of them were convicted on extremism-related charges that authorities increasingly use to persecute regime critics.<\/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\"> \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\">Reprisals: Hrodna region woman arrested over social media reaction<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 13, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on March 11 and 12, with an arrest of a woman from S\u0142onim, Hrodna region, presumably over a reaction to a social media post from 2016, the Viasna &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/179232\">\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>March 13,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Belarus\u2019 interior ministry added 29 names to its list of extremists, taking the total of entries on the register to 6,402. The additions include designated political prisoners Artur Tarasa\u016d imprisoned in the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case and Ja\u016dhien Doracha\u016d, persecuted over online comments critical of the current government. 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