{"id":195162,"date":"2026-07-10T11:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195162\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:45:17","slug":"update-on-extremist-designations-persecution-of-activists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195162\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on \u201cextremist\u201d designations, persecution of activists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 10, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Sources in Belarus reported more extremist content designations and pressure on exiled activists between July 7 and 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is&nbsp;<em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;recap of the documented cases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) branded the Ukrainian news aggregator\u00a0<em>Fabryka Novyn<\/em>\u00a0(News Factory) as an \u201cextremist\u201d group, according to the interior ministry\u2019s website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Green Phone, one of Belarus\u2019 best-known environmental initiatives, ceased operations following the \u201cextremist\u201d content designation for its social media pages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarusian prosecutors ordered restricted access to nine websites in the first half of 2026, including the page of the opposition transition cabinet. The Prosecutor General\u2019s Office claimed that it contained information potentially harming national interests and promoting extremist activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarusian human rights organizations recognized 40 more individuals as former political prisoners.\u00a0In a statement adopted on July 8, the rights groups said that their conviction was linked to the exercise of their freedoms\u00a0of peaceful assembly, association\u00a0and expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Law enforcers filed new criminal charges against exiled Hanna Vi\u0161niak, Andrej Su\u0161a and Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Rusin, <em>Pozirk <\/em>reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The prison store at Homiel pre-trial Detention center No 3 will be closed from July 17 to July 31, leaving inmates&#8217; families unable to buy additional food for detainees, MAYDAYMog reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The current pension system makes it impossible for many former prisoners to accumulate retirement benefits on an equal footing with other workers, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Law enforcers and propaganda workers threatened owners of a building in Ivianiec, Minsk region, over an opposition slogan that had been displayed on its roof in the late 2000s, according to reports by pro-government sources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of July 10, rights defenders identified at least 853 political prisoners, but the real number is considerably higher because many cases go undocumented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\">Exiled dissident faces new charges in Belarus, prosecutors say<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 9, Pozirk. Belarusian law enforcers charged exiled activist Hanna Vi\u0161niak with inciting hatred, facilitating extremism and insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and other officials, the Investigative Committee has said on Telegram. Two years ago, Vi\u0161niak, who had left Belarus after serving &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/195054\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 10, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported more extremist content designations and pressure on exiled activists between July 7 and 9. 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