{"id":70610,"date":"2024-03-01T14:27:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T11:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/70610\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"interior-ministry-adds-26-to-its-extremist-list","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/70610\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry adds 26 to its “extremist” list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 1, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The interior ministry has designated 15 men and 11 women as “persons involved in extremist activities,” taking the total of entries to 3,845, according to the updated list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven are serving prison sentences, including Ala Pu\u010dynskaja, D\u017amitryj Sturlis, Alaksandar Sysoje\u016d, Vasil Ja\u010dy\u010dka, D\u017amitryj Hulin, Maksim Varnel and Alaksandar \u010cumako\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hulin, a former military officer and topographer, was given 14 years in prison on charges of calling for sanctions and inciting hatred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities blacklisted him as a “terrorist” earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rights groups linked his arrest to participation in opposition chats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A state-run TV channel claimed he recorded a video address to Belarusian military and law enforcers in 2020 and was a member of the Bus\u0142y Lacia\u0107 (Storks Are Flying) resistance group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Varnel, also blacklisted as a terrorist, was convicted of organizing mass riots, and \u010cumako\u016d, of inciting hatred. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human rights groups consider all three political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ja\u016dhien Zuje\u016d, Siarhiej \u0160\u010darbata\u016d, A\u0142a Vialikaja, Ludmi\u0142a \u0160ostak, U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Ka\u016dpaje\u016d, D\u017amitryj Simanovi\u010d, Hanna Radzivi\u0142ava, Ja\u016dhien K\u0142ada\u016d, Alena Masiukova, Darja Ahryzka, Illa Janko\u016dski, Alina Budaj, Alaksandar Struhalski, Natalla Sarakovi\u010d, Ksienija Ilukievi\u010d, Alaksandar Ilukievi\u010d, Ta\u0107ciana Pa\u0142onnikava, Hanna Kruk and Eduard Misiuk also feature on the updated extremist register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People placed on the list are banned from education, publishing, government jobs and military service for five years after completing their sentences or criminal record expungement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their financial transactions are subject to special monitoring. They are also banned from activities involving narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, arms and ammunition and explosives, for five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities in Belarus have equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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