{"id":93097,"date":"2024-06-28T12:44:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T09:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/93097\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"interior-ministry-adds-jailed-journalist-karniej-35-others-to-its-extremist-list","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/93097\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry adds jailed journalist Karniej, 35 others to its extremist list"},"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\/03\/igor_karnej_RS_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/igor_karnej_RS_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/igor_karnej_RS_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/igor_karnej_RS_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/igor_karnej_RS_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/igor_karnej_RS_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(RFE\/RL)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 28, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The interior ministry has added 36 more names to its list of persons involved in extremist activities, taking the total of entries to 4,190, its website says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Journalist Ihar Karniej, given a three-year prison term in March on extremism-related charges widely seen as politically motivated, is among the additions. The Supreme Court rejected his appeal in early June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trade unionist Volha Brycikava is also on the list. The leader of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union\u2019s cell at the Naftan oil refinery in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, has been behind bars since August 2023. She was convicted of inciting hatred in connection with politically-sensitive social media posts. Human rights groups and journalists do not know what sentence was imposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People placed on the list of individuals involved in extremist activities are banned from education, publishing, holding state positions and military service for five years after completing their sentences or criminal record annulment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their financial transactions are subject to close monitoring. They are also banned from jobs involving narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, arms and ammunition and explosives, for five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities in Belarus have equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.<\/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\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals keep targeting 2020 protesters, dissenters\u2019 online activities<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 28, Pozirk. In new instances of politically-motivated persecution documented in Belarus on June 27 authorities kept punishing online dissent and blacklisting opposition content. Police arrested Rus\u0142an Raho\u016dski and at least two others in H\u0142ybokaje, Viciebsk region, the Viasna Human &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/93093\">\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>June 28, Pozirk. The interior ministry has added 36 more names to its list of persons involved in extremist activities, taking the total of entries to 4,190, its website says. Journalist Ihar Karniej, given a three-year prison term in March on extremism-related charges widely seen as politically motivated, is among the additions. 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