{"id":211832,"date":"2026-11-14T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211832\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T13:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T10:27:47","slug":"reprisals-target-historian-books-online-activities","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211832\/","title":{"rendered":"Reprisals target historian, books, online activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 14, <em>Pozirk.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Sources in Belarus reported criminal charges against a historian, extremist content designations for more books and social media pages and other incidents of repression between November 11 and 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is&nbsp;<em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;recap of recent reprisal cases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Belarusian authorities accused historian Alaksandar Pa\u0161kievi\u010d of facilitating extremist activities over his YouTube comments, the Belarusian Association of Journalists reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The information ministry designated four books and several Threads accounts as \u201cextremist,\u201d including <em>thisminsk<\/em>, <em>tolyn_tolyanich<\/em>, <em>ihar_kliashuk<\/em>, <em>andrei_shlik<\/em> and <em>natalliamerynava9<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarusian authorities banned more than 390 books by 324 authors for political reasons, according to Belarusian PEN. Over the past five years, the authorities have shut down five independent publishing houses, and the remaining ones have been forced to operate under strict self-censorship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mazyr oil refinery management warned employees they could face minor offence or criminal charges for commenting on or subscribing to independent media websites, some of which authorities have designated as \u201cextremist,\u201d <em>MAYDAY.TEAM<\/em> reported. Sharing photos with such websites may also reportedly lead to charges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artist Aleh \u0141ary\u010da\u016d and art manager Siamion Ma\u0142a\u0161anka\u016d, who organized cultural events, were given seven and four years in prison, respectively, the Viasna Human Rights Center said. Both were persecuted on extremist-related charges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Committee for State Security (KGB) added 11 individuals to its list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities,\u201d <em>Pozirk<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jailed former KGB officer Aliaksiej Chralovi\u010d was sentenced to another year in prison for alleged disobedience, Viasna reported. In 2022, he had been sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2022 on charges of high treason over leaking tapped phone conversations to the NEXTA project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At least 88 jailed persons have been convicted on disobedience charges since 2020, including five women, rights defenders noted. Since 2022, more than 200 persons have been convicted in Belarus without being present at trials, they added.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Belarusian government dissolved at least 2,090 NGOs, including associations, trade unions and foundations, between the 2020 presidential election and late October 2026, Lawtrend said in a recent report.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Hrodna, authorities are making a third attempt to auction off the apartment of former investigator Ihar \u0141oban, sentenced to 12 years in prison in absentia. Five people, including two minors, live there, <em>zerkalo.io<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Former political prisoners who had been held at Peanl Colony No 3 in the Viciebsk region told Viasna that they earned just 20 or 92 kopecks monthly, had no access to respirators at work and suffered from cold in production halls.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alaksandar Danilevi\u010d, a lawyer and former political prisoner, said on Facebook that the KGB had tried to recruit him.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Russia\u2019s interior ministry added Belarusian musician and civil society activist Siarhiej Do\u016dhu\u0161a\u016d to its wanted persons database on November 13 at Belarus\u2019 request, <em>Pozirk<\/em> reported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A former political prisoner told Viasna of unsanitary conditions at the Akre\u015bcina detention center in Minsk, noting that its employees banned all packages except medication, confiscated asthma inhalers overnight and restricted women\u2019s access to basic hygiene products.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Another former prisoner reported continued police pressure after his release in May 2025, including preventive registration, a ban on self-employment and nighttime police checks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of November 14, human rights defenders identified at least 878 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=\"315\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_9383-315x236.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_9383-315x236.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_9383-653x490.jpeg 653w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_9383-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_9383.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Cichano\u016dskaja\u00a0urges OSCE to press for release of political prisoners as it engages with Minsk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 13, Pozirk. Belarusian pro-democracy leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja&nbsp;met with Feridun Sinirlio\u011flu, secretary general of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Dublin, Ireland, on November 13, urging him &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/211788\">\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>November 14, Pozirk.\u00a0Sources in Belarus reported criminal charges against a historian, extremist content designations for more books and social media pages and other incidents of repression between November 11 and 13. 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