{"id":62155,"date":"2024-01-20T19:27:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T16:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=62155"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"free-belarus-university-to-carry-on-in-spite-of-extremist-label","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/62155\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Belarus University to carry on in spite of extremist label"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbu_screenshot_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbu_screenshot_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbu_screenshot_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbu_screenshot_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbu_screenshot_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vbu_screenshot_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Free Belarus University website)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 20, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Free Belarus University has said in a statement that it will keep on working in spite of the extremist label attached to it by the Belarusian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) declared Free Belarus University an extremist group on January 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It accused the UK Embassy in Minsk, the Polish-American Freedom Foundation, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and EU lawmakers of financing the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free Belarus University said its activities were purely educational and promoted critical thinking and European and national values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school was established in 2017 at the initiative of Nobel prize-winning author \u015aviatlana Aleksijevi\u010d, leading human rights defender Ale\u015b Bialacki, the country&#8217;s first head of state after the Soviet rule Stanis\u0142a\u016d \u0160u\u0161kievi\u010d and other prominent Belarusians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 20, Pozirk. Free Belarus University has said in a statement that it will keep on working in spite of the extremist label attached to it by the Belarusian government. The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) declared Free Belarus University an extremist group on January 15. It accused the UK Embassy in Minsk, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":62113,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-62155","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>Free Belarus University to carry on in spite of extremist label | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 20, Pozirk. 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