{"id":197002,"date":"2026-07-23T19:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197002\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T10:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:43:24","slug":"kgb-interviewing-belarusians-studying-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197002\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB interviewing Belarusians studying in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shpion_craig_whitehead_unsplash_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shpion_craig_whitehead_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shpion_craig_whitehead_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shpion_craig_whitehead_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shpion_craig_whitehead_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shpion_craig_whitehead_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Craig Whitehead \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 23, <\/strong><strong><em><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong>The State Security Committee (KGB) has started summoning and interviewing citizens of Belarus who study or plan to study in Poland, including those who have just applied for a visa, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interviewees include persons under 18 who are questioned in the presence of their parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KGB officers ask summoned individuals about their acquaintances in Poland, tuition costs, free admission for foreigners and plans for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, the KGB officers ask students about other Belarusians, with questions about chat groups, names and phone numbers. The interrogators sometimes inspect or photograph the contents of smartphones and Telegram chats during such meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polish \u201clyceum\u201d schools have been increasingly popular with young Belarusians lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights defenders have described \u201cpreventive interviews\u201d as a form of harassment, widely used in Belarus since 2020 as the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime continues to persecute its opponents.<\/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                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Update on politically-motivated arrests and persecution<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 23, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported an arrest of activists, persecution of a graduate student and the release of a prominent lawyer yesterday. Below is Pozirk\u2019s recap of what was reported on July 22: Police arrested Belarusian Christian Democracy &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/196898\">\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 23, Pozirk. The State Security Committee (KGB) has started summoning and interviewing citizens of Belarus who study or plan to study in Poland, including those who have just applied for a visa, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center. The interviewees include persons under 18 who are questioned in the presence of their parents. 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