{"id":65896,"date":"2024-02-08T23:42:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T20:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&p=65896"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"deputy-interior-minister-extremist-activity-shifts-from-streets-to-internet","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/65896\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy interior minister: extremist activity shifts from streets to Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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February 8, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> State efforts have significantly reduced extremist activities, Deputy Interior Minister Hienad\u017a Kazakievi\u010d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDestructive activity has moved from the streets to the Internet,\u201d he told a ministry meeting today. \u201cThe situation remains tense\u201d but officials can predict and control it, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian security services maintain a number of “extremist lists.\u201d The list of extremist groups contains 178 organizations (202 entries), the list of persons \u201cinvolved in extremist activities\u201d \u2013 3,753 people, the list of \u201cextremist content\u201d \u2013 about 1,100 pages, each with dozens of book titles, individual articles, websites and social media accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 2020, the authorities have added mostly critics to these lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus and other countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia use counterterrorism and counterextremism to control society and suppress legitimate public activity, not only to reduce real threats, said Article 19, a rights watchdog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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