{"id":198780,"date":"2026-08-05T23:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198780\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T23:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:07:26","slug":"information-ministry-adds-euronews-euvsdisinfo-to-list-of-extremist-content","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/198780\/","title":{"rendered":"Information ministry adds Euronews, EUvsDisinfo to list of \u201cextremist content\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 5, <\/strong><strong><em><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong>Political purges in Belarus continued unabated on August 5 with reports of dozens of new \u201cextremist\u201d designations and harrassment by police and state security agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is Pozirk\u2019s recap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The information ministry added 27 Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Telegram, YouTube, X, and VKontakte accounts to its list of \u201cextremist content.\u201d The websites of <em>Euronews <\/em>and EUvsDisinfo, the European Union\u2019s flagship project that purports to identify and expose pro-Kremlin disinformation, were also placed on the list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prosecutors in the Minsk region filed 174 complaints in the first six months of 2026 asking courts to designate information products as \u201cextremist content.\u201d As of early July, 146 such requests had been granted, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unidentified individuals are writing to Belarusians on Telegram and asking whether they plan to take part in the opposition-organized New Belarus Conference, which will be held in Warsaw between August 7 and August 9.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Viciebsk, police are visiting people who were punished at some point for participation in 2020 post-election protests and checking their smartphones and residence registration data. As a result, several people have been charged under the Administrative Offenses Code with disseminating \u201cextremist content\u201d and are now facing fines or short jail terms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrej Mako\u016dski, founder of ZROBIM architects, has been released four months after an arrest possibly linked to a refusal to hire an ideology worker for the architectural firm, according to Mako\u016dski\u2019s Threads page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The number of documented political prisoners in Belarus remained unchanged at 880, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. The actual number of political prisoners in the country is much larger, as many cases go unreported.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 5, Pozirk. Political purges in Belarus continued unabated on August 5 with reports of dozens of new \u201cextremist\u201d designations and harrassment by police and state security agencies. 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