{"id":182435,"date":"2026-04-06T12:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182435\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:12:55","slug":"kgb-brands-belarusian-helsinki-committee-as-extremist-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182435\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB brands Belarusian Helsinki Committee as \u201cextremist&#8221; group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhk_logo_fb_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhk_logo_fb_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhk_logo_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhk_logo_fb_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhk_logo_fb_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhk_logo_fb_1128x752-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belarusian Helsinki Committee&#039;s Facebook page)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 6, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) designated the Belarusian Helsinki Committee as an \u201cextremist&#8221; group on March 31, says the updated official register, which now contains 346 organizations. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB named D\u017amitryj Marku\u0161e\u016dski and Pavie\u0142 Levina\u016d as members, blacklisting the groups\u2019 websites at <em>belhelcom.org<\/em> and <em>youarenotwrong.webflow.io,<\/em> as well as several social media pages associated with the rights defenders from the Belarusian Helsinki Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the crackdown on the 2020 postelection protests, authorities in Belarus have equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, the free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/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\/02\/kgb_mogilevnews_by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kgb_mogilevnews_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kgb_mogilevnews_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kgb_mogilevnews_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kgb_mogilevnews_by-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kgb_mogilevnews_by.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\">KGB outlaws two advocacy groups, Northern Lights festival as \u201cextremist organizations\u201d<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 18, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 Committee for State Security (KGB) outlawed the advocacy organizations Human Constanta and Spadcyna Belarusi and the Northern Lights film festival as \u201cextremist groups\u201d on March 11 in an effort to prosecute activists and organizers. The interior &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/179902\">\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>April 6, Pozirk. The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) designated the Belarusian Helsinki Committee as an \u201cextremist&#8221; group on March 31, says the updated official register, which now contains 346 organizations. &nbsp; The KGB named D\u017amitryj Marku\u0161e\u016dski and Pavie\u0142 Levina\u016d as members, blacklisting the groups\u2019 websites at belhelcom.org and youarenotwrong.webflow.io, as well as several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":182432,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-182435","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>KGB brands Belarusian Helsinki Committee as \u201cextremist&quot; group | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 6, Pozirk. 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