{"id":199164,"date":"2026-08-07T23:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199164\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:12:17","slug":"extremist-designations-as-authorities-continue-persecuting-opponents","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/199164\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8220;extremist\u201d designations as authorities continue persecuting opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 7, <\/strong><strong><em><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong>Sources in Belarus reported new instances of politically motivated persecution in Belarus on August 6 and 7, including numerous \u201cextremist designations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is Pozirk\u2019s recap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry added four names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,815 entries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The information ministry added 10 Telegram, TikTok and Instagram accounts to its list of \u201cextremist content.\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A 52-year-old man described as the \u201corganizer\u201d of the Rainbow Family event in Rasony, Viciebsk region, was released upon completion of his seven-day jail term. Police arrested about 350 people, including entire families, during a raid on the annual gathering of the Belarusian Rainbow Family community on July 29. Police later alleged that they were displaying religious symbols and staying naked in front of children. An eyewitness denied the allegations and claimed that at least one person had been brutally beaten up by policemen, the Belarus service of Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Prosecutor General\u2019s Office has filed an extradition request for D\u017amitryj Sa\u0142a\u016djo\u016d, a former chief editor of news website Mahilo\u016dski rehijon\u00a0who currently lives in Bia\u0142ystok, Poland. Sa\u0142a\u016djo\u016d, who was granted political asylum by Polish authorities, has been charged with founding an \u201cextremist organization\u201d and conspiring to seize state power, mostmedia.io reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Veteran opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d said in an interview with\u00a0Die Zeit\u00a0that his stroke in the final months of imprisonment had been caused by the denial of access to vital medications by the administration of his correctional institution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The International and European Federations of Journalists issued a joint statement\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanjournalists.org\/blog\/2026\/08\/07\/belarus-imprisonment-and-exile-of-journalists-continues-six-years-on-from-the-fraudulent-presidential-election\/?fbclid=Iwb21leATihqNjbGNrBOKGonBkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEedBM_H9jsyDqomNrUJhTbAgE51_aStS8axEhoRADpy68YsXjGjwrtcqtqjYo_aem_C1ruxQ0_9TtCfOvkRfKSvg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">calling on<\/a>\u00a0Minsk to end the criminalization of journalists and ensure the immediate and unconditional release of all those imprisoned for doing their jobs. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime has been intensifying a crackdown on the press even six years after the 2020 post-election protests, they noted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There were 879 documented political prisoners in Belarus on Friday evening, 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 7, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported new instances of politically motivated persecution in Belarus on August 6 and 7, including numerous \u201cextremist designations.\u201d Below is Pozirk\u2019s recap:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-199164","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>New &quot;extremist\u201d designations as authorities continue persecuting opponents | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 7, Pozirk. 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