{"id":200775,"date":"2026-08-21T13:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200775\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:22:23","slug":"kgb-adds-two-to-its-list-of-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200775\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB adds two to its list of terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Committee for State Security (KGB) has added Macviej Barana\u016d, a man serving a five-year prison term after being convicted of facilitating extremism, insulting and defaming Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and discrediting Belarus, to its list of designated terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights defenders say his persecution is politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB has also added Maksim Dziam\u010duk, a worker from Pinsk, Brest region convicted of rioting, to the list. Dziam\u010duk was designated as \u201cextremist\u201d by the interior ministry on August 7.<\/p>\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\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" 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\">Trial, extremist designations reported in Belarus on August 19 and 20<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 21, Pozirk. Human rights defenders reported new instances of politically motivated persecution on August 19 and 20. Below is Pozirk\u2019s recap: The Minsk City Court on August 20 put on trial five members of the Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/200741\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 21, Pozirk. The Committee for State Security (KGB) has added Macviej Barana\u016d, a man serving a five-year prison term after being convicted of facilitating extremism, insulting and defaming Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and discrediting Belarus, to its list of designated terrorists. Human rights defenders say his persecution is politically motivated. The KGB has also added Maksim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63135,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-200775","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>KGB adds two to its list of terrorists | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 21, Pozirk. 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