{"id":191033,"date":"2026-06-08T22:01:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191033\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T22:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:01:44","slug":"belarus-opens-criminal-case-against-exiled-rocker-over-her-political-stance","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191033\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus opens criminal case against exiled rocker over her political stance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mankevich-euroradio.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mankevich-euroradio.jpg 958w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mankevich-euroradio-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mankevich-euroradio-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mankevich-euroradio-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mankevich-euroradio-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(euroradio.fm)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 8, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 Investigative Committee has opened criminal proceedings against exiled rock singer Kaciaryna Mankievi\u010d on \u201cextremist\u201d and \u201cterrorist\u201d charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 37-year-old is accused of promoting and financing terrorism, facilitating extremism, making violent threats and insulting the head of state. She has been summoned to appear before the Minsk city office of the Investigative Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaciaryna Mankievi\u010d is the frontwoman of the Minsk-based post-black metal bands Dymna Lotva and Hangover. She became a prominent figure in Belarus\u2019 underground music scene not only for her work as a musician but also for her political stance. After joining the 2020 anti-\u0141uka\u0161enka protests, she was forced into hiding for nearly a year before eventually fleeing Belarus.<\/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\/2026\/06\/khadadadi_ManotoTV-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/khadadadi_ManotoTV-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/khadadadi_ManotoTV-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/khadadadi_ManotoTV-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/khadadadi_ManotoTV-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/khadadadi_ManotoTV.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\">Belarus deports Iranian student to Armenia over comments about her country<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 7, Pozirk. Belarus has deported an Iranian woman, arrested for comments about Iran on Telegram, to Armenia, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Viasna said it received the information from a woman held together with Khatereh Khodadadi at the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/190893\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 8, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 Investigative Committee has opened criminal proceedings against exiled rock singer Kaciaryna Mankievi\u010d on \u201cextremist\u201d and \u201cterrorist\u201d charges. The 37-year-old is accused of promoting and financing terrorism, facilitating extremism, making violent threats and insulting the head of state. 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