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However, listed within this entry are as many as 10 chats on Telegram, nine groups on Viber and three communities on the social network VKontakte. The Telegram chats are referenced only by their identification numbers, while the Viber groups are identified as \u0421\u0418\u0417\u041e-3 \u0433.\u0413\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043b\u044c, \u0418\u041a-1, \u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0448\u043a\u0438\u043d\u0430, \u0418\u041a-8 \u041e\u0440\u0448\u0430, \u0418\u041a-3 \u0412\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0431\u0430, \u0418\u041a-11 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0441\u043a, \u041f\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0430\u0448\u043a\u0430 \u0412\u0435\u0439\u043d\u043e, \u0418\u0423 \u0418\u041a \u2116 17 \u0433. \u0428\u043a\u043b\u043e\u0432, and \u0418\u041a-17 \u0428\u043a\u043b\u043e\u0432 and the VKontakte communities as \u0418\u041a \u2116 2 \u0433. \u0411\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0443\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0430, \u0418\u0423 \u0418\u041a-9 \u0433. \u0413\u043e\u0440\u043a\u0438, \u0411\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0441\u044c and \u0418\u0423 \u0418\u041a \u2116 14 (\u0434. \u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0430\u0434\u044b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chats in question contain useful tips for supplying people behind bars with food, clothes, medicines, arranging phone calls and visits and resolving other routine issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of April 9, the interior ministry\u2019s register of \u201cextremist groups\u201d contained 387 entries and 349 organizations, including media outlets and civil society organizations.<\/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.<\/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\"> 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\">Human rights defenders report many new cases of politically motivated persecution<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 7, Pozirk. 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The updated register of \u201cextremist groups\u201d on the interior ministry\u2019s website features one new addition, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":49661,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-182996","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 labels online chats for relatives of people behind bars as \u201cextremist group\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 9, Pozirk. 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