{"id":46879,"date":"2023-05-17T17:40:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/investigators-charge-six-with-extremism-over-pro-ukraine-banner\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"investigators-charge-six-with-extremism-over-pro-ukraine-banner","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46879\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators charge six with extremism over pro-Ukraine banner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 17, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b>&nbsp;Belarus&#8217;&nbsp;Investigative Committee has said that it&nbsp;opened a criminal case against six people accused of extremism for displaying a banner with Ukrainian and Belarusian symbols.<\/p>\n<p> The committee said the suspects hung out the banner in October 2022 on the outskirts of Minsk. It featured the Ukrainian flag and the white-red-flag associated with anti-\u0141uka\u0161enka resistance.<\/p>\n<p> The suspects are also accused of&nbsp;insulting&nbsp;Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka and funding&nbsp;extremist activities.<\/p>\n<p> The human rights group Viasna identified them as Ihar Ciapcieje\u016d, Juryj Nie\u015bciarenka, Viktar Hry\u0144ko, Valeryj Ba\u0142abie\u0161ka, U\u0142adzimir Savielie\u016d and Ihar Cika\u010d, aged 34-36. All were arrested last year.<\/p>\n<p>The charges carry a maximum prison sentence&nbsp;of eight years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 17, BPN.&nbsp;Belarus&#8217;&nbsp;Investigative Committee has said that it&nbsp;opened a criminal case against six people accused of extremism for displaying a banner with Ukrainian and Belarusian symbols. The committee said the suspects hung out the banner in October 2022 on the outskirts of Minsk. It featured the Ukrainian flag and the white-red-flag associated with anti-\u0141uka\u0161enka resistance. 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