{"id":192592,"date":"2026-06-19T21:58:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192592\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:58:56","slug":"interior-ministry-brands-exiled-pundit-balkuniec-24-others-as-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192592\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry brands exiled pundit Ba\u0142kuniec, 24 others as \u201cextremists\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

June 19, Pozirk. <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added 25 names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,728 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the new additions is exiled political commentator D\u017amitryj Ba\u0142kuniec, given 12 years in prison without being present at the trial in Minsk in late May. He faced eight criminal charges and was also ordered to pay a fine of 225,000 rubels (about $81,700).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other people listed as serving their sentences include designated political prisoner Ja\u016dhien Piarhaje\u016d, along with Kanstancin Kota\u016d, Hleb Hancaro\u016d, Alaksandar Parchomienka and Juryj Da\u0161kievi\u010d, persecuted on charges ranging from insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka to facilitating extremist activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sentences of 15 recently blacklisted persons remain incomplete, which means that they may be serving non-custodial terms. They are\u00a0Ihar Nadzieje\u016d, Ihar Zajca\u016d, Hienad\u017a \u010cymbur, Raman Bu\u0142yha, Ja\u016dhien Bojka, D\u017amitryj A\u016d\u010dynka, Raman Padhorny, Hieorhij \u010cavu\u0161nik, Alena Jurkievi\u010d, Pavie\u0142 Kraso\u016dski, Aleh Skrypnika\u016d, Danii\u0142 Brykun, Ja\u016dhien Va\u0142ynkin, Stanis\u0142a\u016d Dzienisievi\u010d and Volha Mar\u010danka. They all faced extremism-related charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The updated register also features exiled Alena \u017dy\u0142a\u010dkina (\u017dyvah\u0142od), Zaryna Sarokina, Aleh Davyd\u010dyk and Cimafiej Ma\u0142acho\u016dski, found guilty of forming an extremist group and several other charges without being present at the trial earlier this year. Officials listed them as wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People placed on the list of individuals involved in extremist activities are banned from any education- and publishing-related activities, 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

Their financial transactions are subject to close monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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