{"id":186744,"date":"2026-05-08T10:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186744\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:36:30","slug":"new-attacks-on-dissenters-reported-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186744\/","title":{"rendered":"New attacks on dissenters reported in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May<\/strong><strong> 8, <\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 human rights defenders reported new attacks on political opponents of the government on May 6 and 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a recap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alaksandar Karnieje\u016d, a resident of Ma\u0142adzie\u010dna, Minsk region, was sentenced to five years and six months in prison on extremism-related charges, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ja\u016dhien Sko\u010dka, ex-deputy chairman of the Ma\u0142ady Front opposition youth organization, was convicted of defaming and insulting the head of state and discrediting Belarus. The sentence is unknown, <em>Radyjo Svaboda<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Siarhiej Kanava\u0142a\u016d, a man serving a 15-year politically motivated sentence, and Illa Jaramieje\u016d, serving a six-year sentence, face new charges of malicious disobedience to prison administration, according to Viasna.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorities added more than two dozen accounts to the list of banned \u201cextremist\u201d content, including the Facebook page of the late artist Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sixty media outlets are on the government\u2019s list of extremist organizations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Anarchist Black Cross of Belarus was designated as an extremist group, according to pro-government sources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rights groups identified nine new political prisoners: D\u017amitryj Hra\u010do\u016d, Alaksandar \u0160ajpak, Jahor Krakasievi\u010d, D\u017amitryj Droby\u0161, Alaksandar Pietra\u0161kievi\u010d, Ja\u016dhien Sko\u010dka, Ivan Cybulski, Maksim Smirno\u016d and Siarhiej A\u0142dasie\u016d, Viasna reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Police raided the apartments of relatives of exiled politicians running for the Coordination Council, Viasna reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A prosecutor warned that authorities will classify any payments to Vilnius-based European Humanities University as extremism financing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A hacker attack disabled the Belarusian online library kamunikat.org.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The number of documented political prisoners rose to 848 on May 8, according to Viasna.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/2026\/05\/demsily_dg_enest_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/demsily_dg_enest_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/demsily_dg_enest_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/demsily_dg_enest_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/demsily_dg_enest_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/demsily_dg_enest_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\">Cichano\u016dskaja camp discusses support for political prisoners and emigrants with EU officials<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 7, Pozirk. Representatives of Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and the European Commission\u2019s Directorate-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood (DG ENEST) discussed politically motivated persecution in Belarus and support for Belarusian political prisoners and political emigrants at a meeting &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/186674\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 8, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 human rights defenders reported new attacks on political opponents of the government on May 6 and 7. 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