{"id":200786,"date":"2026-08-21T14:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200786\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:15:03","slug":"interior-ministry-adds-famous-rock-singer-environmentalists-to-its-list-of-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/200786\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior ministry adds famous rock singer, environmentalists to its list of extremists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added five names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,824 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additions include famous rock singer Siarhiej Micha\u0142ok, who was tried in his absence earlier this month and sentenced to four years in prison over disparaging social media posts about Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, as well as Green Network environmentalists Hleb Hierasimovi\u010d and Alaksandar Milkamanovi\u010d sentenced in July to six years in prison for allegedly forming an extremist organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two other designees, U\u0142adzimir Jurkievi\u010d and Alena Talaniec, appear to be serving non-custodial sentences.<\/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\/kgb-sputnik-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb-sputnik-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb-sputnik-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb-sputnik-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb-sputnik-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb-sputnik-1128.jpg 1129w\" 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\">KGB adds two to its list of terrorists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 21, Pozirk. The Committee for State Security (KGB) has added Macviej Barana\u016d, a man serving a five-year prison term after being convicted of facilitating extremism, insulting and defaming Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and discrediting Belarus, to its list of designated terrorists. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/200775\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 21, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 interior ministry has added five names to its list of people it considers \u201cinvolved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total to 6,824 entries. 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