{"id":195313,"date":"2026-07-11T13:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195313\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:24:24","slug":"harassment-extremist-designations-prisoner-maltreatment-border-searches-reported-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195313\/","title":{"rendered":"Harassment, extremist designations,\u00a0prisoner maltreatment, border\u00a0searches reported in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 11,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Sources in Belarus reported&nbsp;a new conviction on politically motivated charges,&nbsp;new&nbsp;extremist designations,&nbsp;border searches, harassment, maltreatment behind bars and other&nbsp;instances of political purges on&nbsp;July 10&nbsp;as the regime continues to persecute its opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is&nbsp;<em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;recap of developments&nbsp;on Friday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A judge of the Homiel Regional Court has convicted \u017danna Sierada, a 56-year-old resident of Mazyr, Homiel region, of facilitating \u201cextremism.\u201d The ruling was not immediately known, but the woman was probably sentenced to \u201crestricted freedom\u201d in home confinement,\u00a0Homielskaja Viasna reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added\u00a018\u00a0names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to\u00a06,772\u00a0entries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ta\u0107ciana Ko\u0142as,\u00a0who is serving six and a half years in prison\u00a0in a politically\u00a0motivated case, has been diagnosed with cancer.\u00a0The\u00a045-year-old\u00a0woman needs hospitalization for further tests and treatment, but her admission is reportedly not expected to take place for several months, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ta\u0107ciana Korsakava, who is serving 12 years in prison for \u201chigh treason,\u201d was deprived of water and made to stand for 12 hours in a row while she was staying in the detention center of the Committee for State Security (KGB). In addition, she had difficulty obtaining medicines for hypertension and diabetes, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opposition politician\u00a0Pavie\u0142 Sieviaryniec, who was released from prison in December 2025, wrote on Facebook about another instance of degrading and cruel treatment in Detention Center No. 1 on Va\u0142adarskaha Street on July 2020. In particular, he was put in a tiny punishment cell after dozens of inmates held overnight in a jail yard used its toilet although it had no running water.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journlist Ihar Karniej, a former political prisoner, wrote on Facebook that he ended up without any valid documents after his Lithuanian national visa expired on July 10 and Belarusian authorities annulled his passport following his forced deportation. According to Karniej, who is staying in Portugal with his family, the process of considering his application for asylum in that country appears to have ground to a halt.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The KGB attempted to recruit a homosexual man to provide them with information about the LGBTQ+ community. After he left Belarus, state agencies started harassing his relatives to find out his whereabouts, TG House reported.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorities have stepped up border inspections for Belarusians who were earlier punished for \u201cextremism\u201d-related offenses. In addition to being interviewed and having their phones checked, they are forced to strip to their underwear,\u00a0<em>Nasha Niva<\/em>\u00a0reported.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our Grunwald 2026, an\u00a0international festival of historical reenactment, which had been held\u00a0annually since 2010, has been canceled, organizers wrote on Instagram.\u00a0Earlier, the LidBeer and Sviata\u00a0Sonca\u00a0festivals\u00a0had also been\u00a0canceled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The number of documented political prisoners\u00a0remained unchanged at\u00a0853\u00a0compared with July 9.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 11,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Sources in Belarus reported&nbsp;a new conviction on politically motivated charges,&nbsp;new&nbsp;extremist designations,&nbsp;border searches, harassment, maltreatment behind bars and other&nbsp;instances of political purges on&nbsp;July 10&nbsp;as the regime continues to persecute its opponents. 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