{"id":168631,"date":"2025-12-17T17:12:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168631\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"interior-ministry-brands-historical-reenactment-club-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168631\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry brands historical reenactment club extremist group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 17,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em><em>.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has branded a Mahilo\u016d-based historical reenactment club an extremist group, weeks after its leader spent 30 days in jail for an alleged minor offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior ministry identified Pavie\u0142 Stankievi\u010d, Pavie\u0142 Li\u0161anko\u016d and D\u017amitryj Dola\u010dko as individuals associated with the knight club, Barysfen. They may face lengthy prison sentences, if prosecuted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November, the information ministry designated Barysfen\u2019s social media as extremist content. Both designations are usually used by authorities to silence and imprison dissidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior ministry\u2019s list of extremist groups contains 323 entries.<\/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\/2025\/01\/mujzhnieks_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mujzhnieks_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mujzhnieks_POZ_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mujzhnieks_POZ_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mujzhnieks_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mujzhnieks_POZ_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                            <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\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">No signs of change in policy of repression \u2013 UN expert<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 17,&nbsp;Pozirk. \u201cWhile the prisoner releases are certainly a relief, there are no signs from Belarusian authorities of a change in the policy or practice of repression and no declarations to that effect,\u201d said Nils Mui\u017enieks, the UN special Belarus &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/168588\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 17,&nbsp;Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has branded a Mahilo\u016d-based historical reenactment club an extremist group, weeks after its leader spent 30 days in jail for an alleged minor offense. The interior ministry identified Pavie\u0142 Stankievi\u010d, Pavie\u0142 Li\u0161anko\u016d and D\u017amitryj Dola\u010dko as individuals associated with the knight club, Barysfen. They may face lengthy prison sentences, if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-168631","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Interior ministry brands historical reenactment club extremist group | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 17,&nbsp;Pozirk. 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