{"id":208380,"date":"2026-10-21T17:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208380\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T17:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:41:53","slug":"lukasenka-bars-people-accused-of-extremism-from-academy-of-sciences","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208380\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka bars people accused of \u201cextremism\u201d from Academy of Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 21, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Researchers who faced extremism-related criminal or minor offence charges are barred from nomination to the National Academy of Sciences under its revised Charter, amended by a recent Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka’s edict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new regulations, published on the National Legal Internet Portal, bar candidates from nomination to the Academy of Sciences if they have committed extremist-related crimes or distributed, produced, stored and transported content designated as \u201cextremist\u201d by authorities in Minsk. These offences were listed along with serious crimes and actions deemed harmful to state interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many academics who had supported the 2020 postelection protests lost their jobs in Belarus and were often forced to flee the country, fearing politically-motivated reprisals. Current and former political prisoners include many members of the Belarusian academic community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities in Belarus have equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, the free media and free expression with extremism and terrorism.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, \u0141uka\u0161enka accused the Academy of Sciences of \u201cserious miscalculations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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