{"id":209121,"date":"2026-10-27T11:23:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209121\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T11:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:23:59","slug":"reprisals-against-belarus-based-and-exiled-activists-continue","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209121\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals against Belarus-based and exiled activists continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 27, Pozirk. <\/strong>Sources in Belarus reported several new \u201cextremist\u201d content designations as well as pressure on released dissidents and their families among incidents of repression between October 24 and 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Below is <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> recap of recent cases:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Law enforcers collected DNA samples from several released regime critics, the Viasna Human Rights Center said. Relatives of some political exiles also reported similar incidents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Viasna also warned about two fake Telegram chatbots posing as its Homiel branch. Rights defenders suspect the bots may be part of an effort by the authorities to identify and persecute dissidents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The information ministry branded several social media accounts as \u201cextremist\u201d content, including <em>Bie\u0142aruskaje Radyjo Racyja<\/em>, <em>DzikMedia<\/em> and <em>Anna Krasulina<\/em> on Instagram.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IT specialist Maryna Leanovi\u010d, serving a five-year prison term in a politically-motivated case, suffered several panic attacks in prison and reportedly had suicidal thoughts, rights defenders said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prison authorities at Mahilo\u016d\u2019s Penal Colony No 22 reduced the list of goods approved for delivery to inmates during extended visits, including hygiene items, MAYDAY.TEAM reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarusian authorities handed down 37 convictions in absentia against exiled volunteers and activists, rights defenders said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ten people convicted for trying to halt the movement of Russian military equipment via Belarus in 2022 are held behind bars in Belarus, Viasna said. None of them was freed after Washington\u2019s talks with Minsk.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suspected agents of Belarusian security forces tried to film participants at the Belarusian Christian Democracy convention that took place last weekend in Poland\u2019s Bia\u0142ystok, its recently elected leader Pavie\u0142 Sieviaryniec said on Telegram.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of October 27, human rights defenders identified at least 883 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\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kgb-zdanie-minsk-brock-msc.livejournal.com-1128.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\">KGB removing people from \u201cterrorist\u201d list after their convict status expires, report suggests<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 26, Pozirk. Authorities appear to be removing former political prisoners from the \u201cterrorist\u201d list when their formal status of convicts expires, according to the Viasna Human Rights Center. People who are released after completing their sentences or being pardoned &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/209040\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 27, Pozirk. Sources in Belarus reported several new \u201cextremist\u201d content designations as well as pressure on released dissidents and their families among incidents of repression between October 24 and 26. 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