{"id":200877,"date":"2026-08-22T09:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T06:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200877\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T09:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T06:41:14","slug":"instances-of-political-persecution-reported-on-august-21","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200877\/","title":{"rendered":"Instances of political persecution reported on August 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August<\/strong><strong> 22, <\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong> Human rights defenders reported new instances of political persecution in Belarus on August 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s <em>Pozirk<\/em><em>\u2019<\/em><em>s<\/em><em> <\/em>recap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The interior ministry added five names to its list of extremists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The information ministry added four accounts, including Poland\u2019s Catholic media <em>Go\u015b\u0107 Niedzielny<\/em>, to its list of extremist content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Committee for State Security added two people to its list of designated terrorists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Russia added Belarusian influencer Kaciaryna Vadanosava to its list of wanted criminals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarus held 878 people in prison on political grounds as of August 21.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128.jpg 1129w\" 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\">Belarus declares Polish Catholic website extremist content<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 22, Pozirk. A district court in Hrodna has declared Poland\u2019s Catholic website Go\u015b\u0107 Niedzielny (gosc.pl) \u201cextremist content\u201d after it published interviews with Belarus\u2019 opposition figures and articles critical of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka. The information ministry\u2019s list of extremist content includes &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/200876\">\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 22, Pozirk. Human rights defenders reported new instances of political persecution in Belarus on August 21. 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