{"id":196192,"date":"2026-07-18T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/196192\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:00:08","slug":"recap-of-instances-of-political-persecution-reported-on-july-16-17","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/196192\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap of instances of political persecution reported on July 16-17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>New instances of political persecution were reported in Belarus on July 16 and 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the recap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The interior ministry added 22 persons to its list of extremists containing 6,794 entries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The information ministry expanded the list of extremist content, adding more than a dozen social media accounts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KGB officers in Re\u010dyca have been questioning workers who put their signatures for Viktar Babaryka\u2019s nomination in the 2020 presidential election, the Homiel branch of the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorities in Hrodna auctioned off a car seized from Arkad\u017a Kaj\u010durenka, a 52-year old political prisoner serving a five-year prison sentence, Viasna reported<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Security officers in Hrodna interrogated several people in an apparent attempt to intimidate Julija Katar\u017eynskaja, an exiled activist, Haradzienskaja Pravaabarona reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human rights defenders identified 10 more political prisoners, taking their total number to 867, Viasna reported.<\/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\/2026\/05\/turma-repressii-2026-1-POZ-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/turma-repressii-2026-1-POZ-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/turma-repressii-2026-1-POZ-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/turma-repressii-2026-1-POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/turma-repressii-2026-1-POZ-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/turma-repressii-2026-1-POZ.jpg 875w\" 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\">Rights groups identify 10 new political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 17, Pozirk. Belarusian human rights defenders have declared 10 more individuals as political prisoners, taking their total to 868, according to a statement posted on the Viasna Human Rights Center\u2019s website. The recent additions include people taken into custody &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/196131\">\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 18, Pozirk. New instances of political persecution were reported in Belarus on July 16 and 17. 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