{"id":198025,"date":"2026-07-31T14:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198025\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:40:09","slug":"interior-ministry-labels-five-people-as-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198025\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry labels five people as \u201cextremists\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 31, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added five names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,811 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of the recently added individuals are serving sentences on \u201cextremism\u201d-related charges, namely, Alaksandar Barana\u016d and Alaksandar Van\u010danka. They were both found guilty of financing \u201cextremism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two men were charged over alleged links to the now defunct Bie\u0142aruski Hajun project that monitored military activity in Belarus. Van\u010danka was sentenced to three years in prison, while Barana\u016d\u2019s sentence is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior ministry says the sentences of the three other designated individuals have not been completed, which means that they may be serving non-custodial terms. They are Renat Pie\u0142ahaj\u010dyk, Vadzim \u017darabi\u0142a\u016d and Natalla Nazarava, found guilty of participating in \u201cmass riots,\u201d financing \u201cextremism\u201d and inciting hatred, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People placed on the list of individuals involved in \u201cextremist\u201d activities are banned from any education- and publishing-related activity, 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<p>Their financial transactions are subject to close monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the crackdown on the 2020 post-election protests, authorities in Belarus equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, the free media and free expression with extremism and terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">Rights defenders identify 13 more political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 31, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 13 more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 875, according to a statement posted on the Viasna Human Rights Center\u2019s website. The recent additions include people taken into custody &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/197992\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 31, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added five names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,811 entries. Two of the recently added individuals are serving sentences on \u201cextremism\u201d-related charges, namely, Alaksandar Barana\u016d and Alaksandar Van\u010danka. They were both found guilty of financing \u201cextremism.\u201d The two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":58193,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-198025","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>Interior ministry labels five people as \u201cextremists\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 31, Pozirk. 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