{"id":190472,"date":"2026-06-03T22:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190472\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:00:12","slug":"reprisals-kgb-harassing-students-alumni-lecturers-of-blacklisted-university","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190472\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: KGB harassing students, alumni, lecturers of blacklisted university"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 3, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) has summoned students, alumni and lecturers of Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU) for questioning after Belarus designated the institution as an \u201cextremist\u201d group, rights defenders report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a different development, Alaksiej Piatro\u016dski, 76, was jailed for 15 days in Mazyr, Homiel region, the Homiel branch of the Viasna Human Rights Center said. Law enforcers also searched his home and seized phones and data storage devices. Authorities did not disclose other details of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus, along with Argentina, Egypt, Myanmar, Nigeria, Panama, Tunisia, Turkey, Ecuador and Eswatini, ranked among the ten worst countries for workers in the 2026 International Trade Union Confederation\u2019s (ITUC) Global Rights Index that analyzed 151 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 2,033 NGOs, including associations, trade unions and foundations, were dissolved between the 2020 presidential election and late May 2026, Lawtrend said in a recent report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of June 3, human rights defenders identified at least 872&nbsp; political prisoners but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/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\/07\/morozov-OST-20250702-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/morozov-OST-20250702-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/morozov-OST-20250702-734x488.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/morozov-OST-20250702-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/morozov-OST-20250702-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/morozov-OST-20250702.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s aide calls for solidarity with EHU amid raids on students\u2019 families in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 2, Pozirk. Criminal law cannot be used as a tool to crack down on universities and academic freedom, Leanid Maroza\u016d, an aide to Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, has said following raids in Belarus linked to the \u201cextremist\u201d designation &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/190301\">\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>June 3, Pozirk. The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) has summoned students, alumni and lecturers of Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU) for questioning after Belarus designated the institution as an \u201cextremist\u201d group, rights defenders report. In a different development, Alaksiej Piatro\u016dski, 76, was jailed for 15 days in Mazyr, Homiel region, the Homiel branch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-190472","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reprisals: KGB harassing students, alumni, lecturers of blacklisted university | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 3, Pozirk. 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