Among others, a military analyst, political prisoner

, sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony under the enhanced regime, was added to the list.

361-4 of the Criminal Code (Engaging in extremist activity).

The list was also supplemented by the deputy chairman of the Minsk Bicycle Society

, sentenced to 2.5 years of "home chemistry" under the "popular" article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them), bloggers

, convicted for participating in protest actions under Art.

342 of the Criminal Code, professional field hockey player

, sentenced to 2 years of "home chemistry" under Art.

342 of the Criminal Code and others.

In total, there are already 2,637 people on the "list of extremists" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.

On the eve of Freedom Day in 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus "congratulated" Belarusians with the first publication "List of citizens of Belarus, foreign citizens or stateless persons involved in extremist activities".

Immediately, 140 people were included in it, among them were political prisoners - Paval Sevarynets, Maria Kalesnikova, Maksim Znak.

Over the year, this list has grown dozens of times.

Its Ministry of Internal Affairs includes those convicted in Belarus on "political" cases after the presidential elections in 2020, human rights activists note.

What are the restrictions for those who are included in the "list of extremists"

According to parts 3 and 4 of Article 18 of the Law "On Combating Extremism", citizens who have a sentence that has become legally binding, before the conviction or expungement and for 5 years after the conviction is expunged or expunged, are prohibited from:

• engage in pedagogical activities (in terms of implementing the content of educational programs),

• engage in publishing,

• hold government positions,

• do military service

• engage in activities related to the circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their precursors, weapons and ammunition, explosives (in this connection, medical activity is also limited in terms of interaction with such drugs).

In addition, financial transactions of citizens included in the "list of extremists" are subject to special control in accordance with legislative acts.

A financial transaction means opening a bank account, one-time payments, transfer, receipt, issue, exchange, deposit of funds.

This means, for example, that if money is transferred to the account of an "extremist", the bank will report this to the State Control Committee.

In addition, all participants of the financial operation, which is subject to special control, will be identified.

After carrying out the operation, the bank must fill out a special form and send it to the FIU, human rights defenders of "Viasny" explain.