{"id":202579,"date":"2026-09-05T21:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/202579\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T21:14:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:14:51","slug":"numerous-extremist-terrorist-designations-in-belarus-as-authorities-continue-persecuting-opponents","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/202579\/","title":{"rendered":"Numerous \u201cextremist,\u201d\u00a0\u201cterrorist\u201d designations in Belarus as authorities continue persecuting opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 5,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Sources in Belarus reported&nbsp;numerous new \u201cextremist\u201d and \u201cterrorist\u201d&nbsp;designations&nbsp;and other instances of politically motivated persecution in Belarus&nbsp;between&nbsp;September&nbsp;2 and September 4.<\/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 on September 4 added 52 names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d a major update taking the total to 6,887 entries.\u00a0One of the new people on the list, Juryj Malkievi\u010d, is a citizen of Ukraine. He was imprisoned for \u201cintelligence activities.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Committee for State Security (KGB)\u00a0 added two individuals to its\u00a0list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities.\u201d\u00a0The new additions are Andrej \u0160ajko, a 44-year-old resident of the Brest region, and 45-year-old Minsk resident D\u017amitryj Maroz. Both men have been found guilty of calling for sanctions, with their sentences already in effect. Neither of them is a recognized political prisoner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The information ministry added\u00a0nine X, TikTok, Facebook and Telegram accounts\u00a0to its list of \u201cextremist content.\u201d\u00a0Two books by Belarusian poets Anatol Sanacienka and Anatol Var\u0161a\u016dski\u00a0were also placed on the list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The interior ministry published the list of individuals allegedly associated with Nash Dom (Our Home), a civil society group labelled as an \u201cextremist organization\u201d in May 2022.\u00a0The list includes five names: Volha Kara\u010d, Siarhiej Spary\u0161, Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d\u00a0Andreje\u016d, Kaciaryna Maminava, and Viktoryja \u0141ajkova.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cSpecial\u201d criminal proceedings\u00a0were\u00a0instituted against Andrej Zajan\u010dko\u016dski, a 36-year-old emigrant who formerly lived in Hrodna, on five \u201cextremism\u201d-related charges, according to the Investigative Committee.\u00a0In particular, the man stands accused of inciting hatred, participating in actions that grossly violate the public order, defaming Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and insulting a government official.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Officers of the Committee for State Security (KGB) carried out a series of raids in\u00a0Mahilo\u016d\u00a0in the latter half of August targeting individuals who had recently visited EU countries. The KGB interrogated people about their trips and checked their electronic devices, MAYDAY TEAM reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human rights defender\u00a0U\u0142adzimir \u0141abkovi\u010d, a former political prisoner who was deported from Belarus in December 2025, has been notified of a travel ban imposed on him by a court in Minsk for failing to pay a fine for his alleged crimes, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Host countries may start extraditing Belarusians who left after 2020, U\u0142adzimir Harahlad, an official at the interior ministry\u2019s Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (HUBAZiK), said\u00a0in a show broadcast by\u00a0<em>Radio Minsk<\/em>\u00a0on September 3.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The number of documented political prisoners in Belarus remained unchanged at 889,\u00a0the\u00a0Viasna\u00a0Human Rights Center\u00a0reported. 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>September 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Sources in Belarus reported&nbsp;numerous new \u201cextremist\u201d and \u201cterrorist\u201d&nbsp;designations&nbsp;and other instances of politically motivated persecution in Belarus&nbsp;between&nbsp;September&nbsp;2 and September 4. 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