{"id":104118,"date":"2024-09-09T13:32:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T10:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/104118\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"interior-ministry-adds-21-to-its-extremist-list-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/104118\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry adds 21 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\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/spisok_unsplash_ron_dyar_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Ron Dyar \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 9, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The interior ministry added 21 new names to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total of entries to 4,396, its website says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of them were convicted on charges that authorities routinely use to persecute their political opponents. Rights groups have already designated five of the new additions as political prisoners, including Rus\u0142an Pracharenka, Vasil Prochara\u016d, his wife \u0141arysa and son Pavie\u0142 sentenced to lengthy prison terms in a high-profile case involving charges of disclosing state secrets as well as Artur Roli\u010d serving a nine-year prison term on extremism-related charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halina \u0141ahackaja, Vital Kra\u016dco\u016d, Ihar \u0141ysie\u010dka, Rus\u0142an Pra\u016dda, Viktoryja Ki\u0161, Alaksiej Hre\u015b, D\u017amitryj Lach and Ihar \u010cudzi\u0142o\u016dski were persecuted in protest-related cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charges against other blacklisted people, including Alina Halinskaja, Fiodar Aksionienka, Illa Nary\u0161kin, Hienad\u017a Kapitana\u016d, Ina Palcava, Andrej Subcielny, Andrej Stabulaniec and Ihar Atrafimienka range from inciting hatred in connection with politically-sensitive social media posts to high treason.<\/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\/03\/lawtrend-logo-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lawtrend-logo-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lawtrend-logo-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lawtrend-logo-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lawtrend-logo-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lawtrend-logo-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">At least 1,777 NGOs dissolved since August 2020<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 9, Pozirk. At least 1,777 NGOs, including associations, trade unions and foundations, were dissolved between the 2020 presidential election and late August 2024, Lawtrend said in a report. The figure was 1,509 at the end of December 2023 and &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/104109\">\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>September 9, Pozirk. The interior ministry added 21 new names to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total of entries to 4,396, its website says. All of them were convicted on charges that authorities routinely use to persecute their political opponents. 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