{"id":197229,"date":"2026-07-25T13:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197229\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:30:12","slug":"woman-gets-seven-years-in-prison-for-extremism","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197229\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman gets seven years in prison for \u201cextremism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 25,\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Sources in Belarus reported\u00a0a lengthy prison sentence imposed on a woman on \u201cextremist\u201d charges, new\u00a0\u201cextremist\u201d\u00a0and \u201cterrorist\u201d\u00a0designations\u00a0and other instances of politically motivated purges\u00a0on July 24\u00a0as the regime continues to persecute its opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is&nbsp;<em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;recap of developments on&nbsp;Friday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A judge of\u00a0the Hrodna Regional\u00a0Court sentenced\u00a0Hrodna resident Valancina Navumava to seven years in prison. The political prisoner\u00a0was found guilty\u00a0of a long list of \u201cextremism\u201d-related offences, including inciting hatred, facilitating extremist activities, insulting and slandering Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and abusing state symbols,\u00a0Haradzienskaja Pravaabarona reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A judge of the Minsk City Court on August 14 will start hearing a case\u00a0in absentia\u00a0against exiled rock singer Kaciaryna Mankievi\u010d on \u201cextremist\u201d and \u201cterrorist\u201d charges.\u00a0In particular, the woman\u00a0is accused of promoting and financing terrorism, facilitating extremism, making violent threats and insulting the head of state, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarus\u2019\u00a0Committee for State Security (KGB) added 11 new names to the official register of people it considers to be\u00a0\u201cinvolved in terrorist activities,\u201d\u00a0the agency said on Telegram. The list now contains 1,471 entries.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry added\u00a012\u00a0names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,806\u00a0entries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The information ministry added 12\u00a0Instagram, YouTube, Threads, Facebook, X,\u00a0and VKontakte accounts to its list of \u201cextremist content.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The number of documented political prisoners in Belarus\u00a0remained unchanged at 863, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. The actual number of political prisoners in the country is much larger, as many cases\u00a0remain\u00a0undocumented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 25,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Sources in Belarus reported\u00a0a lengthy prison sentence imposed on a woman on \u201cextremist\u201d charges, new\u00a0\u201cextremist\u201d\u00a0and \u201cterrorist\u201d\u00a0designations\u00a0and other instances of politically motivated purges\u00a0on July 24\u00a0as the regime continues to persecute its opponents. 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