{"id":206503,"date":"2026-10-07T12:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206503\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:42:21","slug":"reprisals-exiled-journalists-pages-branded-extremist-content","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206503\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals: exiled journalists\u2019 pages branded \u201cextremist\u201d content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 7, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Sources in Belarus reported a closed-door trial of a Catholic priest, digital censorship and other incidents of repression between October 3 and 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is\u00a0<em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0recap of recent reprisal cases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anatol Parachnievi\u010d, a 66-year-old Catholic priest from the Minsk region\u2019s Vilejka district, is on a closed-door trial in Minsk and faces charges of high treason,\u00a0<em>katolik.life<\/em>\u00a0said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The information ministry branded exiled journalist Kanstancin Kaveryn\u2019s Instagram page and media manager Kiry\u0142 Valo\u0161yn\u2019s Threads account as \u201cextremist\u201d content. It also blacklisted <em>This Minsk Media <\/em>on Threads.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As many as 4,815 people have been granted political prisoner status in the six years since the 2020 presidential election in Belarus, the Viasna Human Rights Center said in its recent report.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorities are auctioning off cars which are believed to belong to \u015aviat\u0142ana\u00a0Pa\u017aniak and Alaksandra Karniejeva, convicted in politically-motivated criminal cases,<em> zerkalo.io<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jailed dissident U\u0142adzimir Hundar, sentenced to 20 years in prison, was transferred from the Mahilo\u016d Prison No 4 to Penal Colony No 2 in Babrujsk, Mahilo\u016d region, <em>Radyjo Svaboda<\/em> said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of October 7, human rights defenders identified at least 885 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                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka regime adapts reprisals to maximize reach \u2013 think tank<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 6, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime has been adapting reprisals to maximize their reach while minimizing the resources required to sustain them, says a recent study by the Center for New Ideas think tank. Authors Maksim Znak, a former political &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/206395\">\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>October 7, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported a closed-door trial of a Catholic priest, digital censorship and other incidents of repression between October 3 and 6. 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