{"id":187451,"date":"2026-05-14T11:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187451\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:18:15","slug":"interior-ministry-blacklists-instagram-meme-page","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187451\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry blacklists Instagram meme page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_10-33-45__.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_10-33-45__.jpg 628w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_10-33-45__-354x234.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-14_10-33-45__-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belarusiana on Instagram)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 14,<em> Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. The Belarusian interior ministry has designated the <em>Belarusiana<\/em> Instagram page with more than 3,000 followers as an \u201cextremist&#8221; group, says the ministry&#8217;s website.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials identified Jaras\u0142a\u016d Hryhorje\u016d and Mie\u010dys\u0142a\u016d Dabranski as individuals affiliated with the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Belarusiana <\/em>publishes political memes and images with political undertones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official register of \u201cextremist\u201d groups now contains 408 entries, covering 355 organizations after duplicate listings are excluded.<\/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;Association with an extremist group carries a penalty of two to seven years in prison.<\/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\/2026\/05\/znivien-screen-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/znivien-screen-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/znivien-screen-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/znivien-screen-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/znivien-screen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/znivien-screen.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">KGB labels language school, online store, merchandise brand as \u201cextremist\u201d groups<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 13, Pozirk. The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) designated The Krama Store, Znivien brand and LVS. Language School as \u201cextremist\u201d groups on May 5, says the updated official register, which now has more than 300 entries. The agency &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/187297\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 14, Pozirk. The Belarusian interior ministry has designated the Belarusiana Instagram page with more than 3,000 followers as an \u201cextremist&#8221; group, says the ministry&#8217;s website.&nbsp; Officials identified Jaras\u0142a\u016d Hryhorje\u016d and Mie\u010dys\u0142a\u016d Dabranski as individuals affiliated with the project. Belarusiana publishes political memes and images with political undertones. 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