Conflict · Belarus arrests 150 students · ArchiefBelarus Extremist Designation Forces 150 EHU Students Out as Homes SearchedGeschreven 7 september 2026 om 21:22 UTCKijkenTranscript0:00On April 13th, the regime of Alexander0:02Lukashenka designated the European0:03[music] Humanities University in0:05Vilnius, Lithuania, an institution0:07physically beyond its borders as [music]0:09an extremist organization. The very next0:11day, the consequences began. Since April0:1414th, [music]0:15approximately 150 Belarusian students0:17have dropped out of EHU.0:19They are not leaving because of academic0:20[music] failure. They are leaving0:22because the regime has turned their0:23education into a threat against the0:25families they left behind. The0:27Belarusian human rights group Viasna0:29reports that dozens of current and0:30former EHU [music] students have had0:32their family homes searched inside0:34Belarus. One student, speaking0:36anonymously to DW News, described0:38exactly that. Her family's home was0:40searched. She now faces a brutal0:42calculus: continue studying at a0:43university branded extremist, or cut0:45contact with her parents to protect them0:47from further retaliation. [music] The0:48rector of EHU denies the allegations0:51underlying the extremist designation,0:53but his denial, issued from the safety0:55[music] of Vilnius, cannot shield0:56students whose families remain inside0:58Belarus. The regime cannot reach the1:00campus, so it has found another way to1:02reach the students, through the people1:04they love. What remains unresolved is1:06whether the designation will drive even1:08more students out in the coming1:09semester, whether targeted families will1:11face escalating [music] punishment, and1:13whether any mechanism exists to1:15challenge a foreign state's decision to1:16brand a university and every student who1:18attends it as extremist.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDexDe korte video ↗
