{"id":188610,"date":"2026-05-22T13:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188610\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:05:06","slug":"eleven-added-to-list-of-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188610\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven added to list of extremists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 22, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added 11 names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,631 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The individuals were convicted or arrested under extremism-related and other criminal articles routinely used by authorities for politically motivated persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Volha Strojeva<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D\u017amitryj \u017duk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Siarhiej Rybalo\u016d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vadzim Chudoba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alaksandar Novika\u016d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D\u017amitryj Sa\u0142anovi\u010d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Siarhiej \u0160vieda\u016d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anhielina Li<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maksim Davidovi\u010d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alaksandar Biezu\u0161\u010denak<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ja\u016dhien \u017dukaviec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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.\u00a0<\/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\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sk-pogony.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\">Rights defenders report mass police raid in Minsk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 21, Pozirk. Belarusian law enforcers are conducting multiple searches across Minsk today, targeting, among others, exiled activists&#039; homes, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. Police raided the Minsk apartment of exiled human rights activist and former political prisoner U\u0142adzimir &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/188509\">\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 22, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added 11 names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,631 entries. The individuals were convicted or arrested under extremism-related and other criminal articles routinely used by authorities for politically motivated persecution. 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