{"id":68073,"date":"2024-02-19T13:26:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T10:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=68073"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"number-of-extremist-crimes-halved-in-2023-prosecutor-general","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68073\/","title":{"rendered":"Extremism crime halved in 2023 \u2013 prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1127\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shved-ppns-genprokuratura-2-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shved-ppns-genprokuratura-2-1128.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shved-ppns-genprokuratura-2-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shved-ppns-genprokuratura-2-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shved-ppns-genprokuratura-2-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shved-ppns-genprokuratura-2-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied has told the Belarusian National Assembly that the number of &#8220;extremist&#8221; crimes decreased by more than 50 percent last year, state media and officials reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian government often used extremism allegations to prosecute its opponents, according to human rights activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judges tried 1,500 people on extremism charges brought by prosecutors, \u0160vied said. There were no acquittals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special proceedings have been opened against 25 &#8220;organizers and members of extremist organizations hiding abroad,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who interfere with &#8220;our statehood&#8221; may lose their property and citizenship, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, according to \u0160vied, about 10 exiles returned to Belarus after being cleared by a repatriation commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/komissija_po_politemigrantam_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/komissija_po_politemigrantam_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/komissija_po_politemigrantam_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/komissija_po_politemigrantam_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/komissija_po_politemigrantam_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/komissija_po_politemigrantam_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Commission vetting political emigrants seeks mandate extension<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 26, Pozirk. The government commission that filters political emigrants willing to return to Belarus received more than 150 applications in a year of its work, its head, Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied, has announced. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka is willing to extend &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/63316\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 19, Pozirk. Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied has told the Belarusian National Assembly that the number of &#8220;extremist&#8221; crimes decreased by more than 50 percent last year, state media and officials reported. The Belarusian government often used extremism allegations to prosecute its opponents, according to human rights activists. 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