{"id":183650,"date":"2026-04-14T19:46:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183650\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:46:54","slug":"european-humanities-university-supports-radical-destructive-groups-official-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183650\/","title":{"rendered":"European Humanities University supports radical, destructive groups, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ehu_744x496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ehu_744x496.jpg 750w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ehu_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(EHU)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 14, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>European Humanities University in Vilnius (EHU) provides support to radical politicized groups and destructive foreign NGOs and is used by state security agencies to cause damage to Belarus, D\u017amitryj Brylo\u016d, a departmental chief at the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office charged in a video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court of Belarus has designated EHU and its \u201cstructural subdivisions\u201d as an \u201cextremist organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2005, the university has been operating in Lithuania and its activities are overseen and financed by a foreign state as well as non-state organizations and foundations, Brylo\u016d said. \u201cThe university, which portrays itself as a kind of a Belarusian higher school in exile, provides methodological, financial and other assistance to representatives of radical politicized groups as well as destructive foreign non-state organizations, it is used by the state security agencies of some neighboring countries to cause damage to the interests of Belarus in the areas of humanities, information and politics,\u201d Brylo\u016d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He accused EHU of promoting \u201calternative interpretations of historical, cultural and other events\u201d and cooperating with \u201crepresentatives of extremist and even terrorist organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that the university\u2019s activities involve \u201cassaults on the sovereignty of Belarus, the foundations of constitutional order and public security\u201d and that the \u201ccriminal activities of a number of its professors and graduates have been confirmed by materials of criminal cases on the incitement of social hate and discord, on calls for restrictive measures and on the perpetration of other serious and especially serious crimes,\u201d the Supreme Court has allowed its decision to be implemented immediately, Brylo\u016d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team of Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja condemned the \u201cextremist\u201d designation for EHU as evidence that the \u201cregime views free and independent education as a threat.\u201d Allegations of \u201cconnections with terrorist organizations\u201d are totally unsubstantiated and openly absurd, commented Leanid Maroza\u016d, legal adviser to Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. The regime\u2019s objective is to intimidate students, faculty and all those connected with the independent education sector, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EHU was founded in Minsk in 1992. The Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka government banned it in 2004, forcing it to relocate to Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 2020\/21 academic year, EHU reportedly had 680 students, mostly Belarusians. About two-thirds of them attended via online programs and resided in Belarus. They reportedly received a \u201cfully accredited European Union diploma.\u201d EHU ranked second among private universities in Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to its website, EHU receives support from the European Union, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the governments of the Netherlands and Iceland, and other donors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 14, Pozirk. 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