{"id":194571,"date":"2026-07-06T12:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194571\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:13:18","slug":"interior-ministry-brands-former-kalinouski-fighter-eight-others-as-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194571\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry brands former Kalino\u016dski fighter, eight others as \u201cextremists\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added nine new names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,754 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three of them are reportedly serving sentences, including designated political prisoner Andrej Siarhieje\u016d, a former soldier of the Belarusian Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment (KKR) that fights alongside Ukrainian forces. Rights defenders do not have exact information on his sentence, but some of the charges against him included setting up an extremist group and participation in an armed conflict abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others are Michai\u0142 Kazieka, convicted of insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, and Siarhiej Poka, persecuted for allegedly inciting hatred, calling for sanctions, participating in protests and giving bribes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentences of six blacklisted persons remain incomplete, which means that they may be serving non-custodial terms. They are Ta\u0107ciana \u0160arak, Andrej Ivano\u016d, Vital Kaz\u0142o\u016dski, Hieorhij Bie\u0142avusa\u016d, Aleh Ka\u015bpiarovi\u010d and Alaksandar \u017duka\u016d. Charges against them ranged from inciting hatred to facilitating extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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<p>Their financial transactions are subject to close monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/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                            <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\">Recap of politically motivated reprisals for July 1<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 2, Pozirk. Human rights defenders reported new instances of politically motivated persecution in Belarus on July 1. Here is Pozirk\u2019s recap: The trial opened at the Hrodna Regional Court against Valancina Navumava who faces eight charges routinely used against &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/194274\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 6, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added nine new names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,754 entries. Three of them are reportedly serving sentences, including designated political prisoner Andrej Siarhieje\u016d, a former soldier of the Belarusian Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment (KKR) that fights alongside Ukrainian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":58193,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-194571","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>Interior ministry brands former Kalino\u016dski fighter, eight others as \u201cextremists\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 6, Pozirk. 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