The Belarusian authorities have declared a two-volume compilation of works by a 19th-century writer who is considered a father of Belarusian literature "extremist." The decision by the Zhytkavichy district court in the country's southeast targeting works by Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkevich concerned a compilation issued in 2007-08 and was made public on November 14. In August, the Prosecutor-General's Office designated as extremist two of the author's poems written during the uprising of Kastus Kalinouski, a partisan who led a revolt against Russian imperial forces in 1863. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, click here.
