{"id":187686,"date":"2026-05-15T15:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187686\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:47:32","slug":"interior-ministry-brands-17-people-as-extremists-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187686\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry brands 17 people as \u201cextremists\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 15, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added 17 names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,620 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The updated list features three designated political prisoners: Natalla \u010cubo\u016dskaja, convicted in the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun case, as well as mother and daughter Cina Pa\u0142ynskaja and Marharyta Rabinovi\u010d from Po\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, persecuted on extremism-related charges. Their case may be linked to the harassment of the Warsaw-based Belarusian Analytical Workroom, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new additions also feature Andrej Spasa\u016d, U\u0142adzimir Novik, Alaksandar Famin, Marat Bu\u0161enka, Alaksandar Decuk, Ja\u016dhien Pakata\u0161kin and Ludmi\u0142a Prakapienia. They are all serving sentences on charges of facilitating extremist activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sentences of seven recently blacklisted persons remain incomplete, which means that they may be serving non-custodial terms. They are\u00a0Alaksandar Raman\u010duk, Alaksiej Ska\u010dko\u016d, Alaksiej Sasno\u016dski, Juryj Ka\u015bciu\u010denka, Volha Kaz\u0142o\u016dskaja, Siarhiej Kar\u017ee\u016dski and Iryna Levina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People placed on the list of individuals involved in extremist activities are banned from any education- and publishing-related activity, as well as from holding state positions and from doing military service, for five years after completing their sentences or after the related conviction is deleted from the criminal record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their financial transactions are subject to close monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the crackdown on the 2020 postelection protests, authorities in Belarus equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, the free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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