{"id":189227,"date":"2026-05-26T12:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189227\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:35:36","slug":"kgb-brands-jailed-dissident-woman-as-terrorist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189227\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB brands jailed dissident woman as terrorist"},"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\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(tut.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 26, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) added designated political prisoner Volha Strojeva to the official register of people it considers to be involved in \u201cterrorist\u201d activities, the agency said on Telegram, citing a May 22 decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the same day, the interior ministry included her name in the \u201clist of persons involved in extremist activities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strojeva is serving a five-year prison term on charges of inciting hatred, calling for sanctions, facilitating extremist activities and insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB terrorist list now contains 1,440 entries. Prisoners declared \u201cterrorists\u201d are prohibited from receiving money transfers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights activists blame the Belarusian authorities for abusing anti-extremist and anti-terrorist laws to stifle dissent.<\/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\"> 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\">Reprisals: officials keep using extremism charges to silence critics<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 14, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated persecution were documented in Belarus on May 13 as a judge in Homiel sentenced Stanis\u0142a\u016d Pryhodzi\u010d to five years in prison without him being present at the trial. The man was also ordered &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/187439\">\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>May 26, Pozirk. The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) added designated political prisoner Volha Strojeva to the official register of people it considers to be involved in \u201cterrorist\u201d activities, the agency said on Telegram, citing a May 22 decision. On the same day, the interior ministry included her name in the \u201clist of persons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63152,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-189227","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>KGB brands jailed dissident woman as terrorist | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 26, Pozirk. 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