{"id":193251,"date":"2026-06-25T11:36:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193251\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:36:58","slug":"reprisals-kgb-harassing-people-convicted-of-extremism-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193251\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: KGB harassing people convicted of \u201cextremism\u201d in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 25, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Recent reports of politically-motivated persecution in Belarus include the Committee for State Security (KGB) interrogations in one of the Belarusian towns and the sale of exiles\u2019 property at state-run auctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> recap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>KGB agents reportedly wanted to know whether people convicted earlier on extremism-related charges had intentions to leave the country and asked about their contacts based outside Belarus. They also inspected smartphones and connected them to an unidentified device, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorities auctioned off a summer house seized from exiled journalist U\u0142adzimir Chilmanovi\u010d for 3,242 rubels ($1,150), Haradzienskaja Pravaabarona said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarusian officials also put up for auction three antique icons, seized from Catholic priest Hienrych Aka\u0142atovi\u010d, who was sentenced in a politically-motivated case and pardoned in late 2025 before being taken out of Belarus. Earlier, authorities also tried to sell his car, a land plot and other antique icons, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorities sealed off the house of exiled publisher Ihar \u0141ohvina\u016d in Kaptaruny, Viciebsk region, <em>reform.news<\/em> said. \u0141ohvina\u016d Publishing House was designated an \u201cextremist\u201d group in Belarus earlier this year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ale\u015b Lubian\u010duk, a former <em>Belsat TV<\/em> cameraman, left Belarus after serving two jail terms linked to his work for the broadcaster, which has been outlawed in the country, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of June 25, human rights defenders identified at least 852 political prisoners, but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/hilmanovich-polskieradio-pl-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hilmanovich-polskieradio-pl-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hilmanovich-polskieradio-pl-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hilmanovich-polskieradio-pl-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hilmanovich-polskieradio-pl-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hilmanovich-polskieradio-pl.jpg 1129w\" 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\">Authorities sell exiled journalist\u2019s summer house<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 24, Pozirk. Authorities have auctioned off a dacha confiscated from Polish-based Belarusian journalist U\u0142adzimir Chilmanovi\u010d, human rights group Haradzienskaja Pravaabarona reported on Wednesday. Two people reportedly took part in the bidding contest, with the winner pledging 3,242 rubels ($1,150) &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/193197\">\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 25, Pozirk. Recent reports of politically-motivated persecution in Belarus include the Committee for State Security (KGB) interrogations in one of the Belarusian towns and the sale of exiles\u2019 property at state-run auctions. 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