{"id":44993,"date":"2022-12-20T18:34:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/prosecutors-open-extremism-case-against-blogger\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"prosecutors-open-extremism-case-against-blogger","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44993\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors open extremism case against blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 20, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Prosecutors in Belarus have opened a new criminal case against blogger Andrej Pavuk, charging him with facilitating extremist activities. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt has been established that on December 18, 2022 he posted to a destructive Telegram channel&nbsp;a link to a video of him phoning prosecutors and their close relatives, pretending to be a judge,\u201d the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cSpeaking with them, Andrej Pavuk communicated deliberately false information about Belarus\u2019 political situation and slandered the head of state,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Pavuk, 40, is a civic activist, blogger and musician. Law enforcers put him and his bandmate, opera singer Marharyta La\u016d\u010duk, on the wanted list. He was charged with desecrating state symbols, illegally handling personal data and insulting an official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 20, BPN. Prosecutors in Belarus have opened a new criminal case against blogger Andrej Pavuk, charging him with facilitating extremist activities. \u201cIt has been established that on December 18, 2022 he posted to a destructive Telegram channel&nbsp;a link to a video of him phoning prosecutors and their close relatives, pretending to be a judge,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44993","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>Prosecutors open extremism case against blogger | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 20, BPN. 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