Supreme Court upholds three-year sentence for former Belsat TV cameraman

June 4, Pozirk. The Supreme Court has upheld a three-year sentence imposed on Aleś Marčanka, a former Belsat TV cameraman, for association with the Poland-based television station labeled an extremist group in Belarus.

The cameraman was arrested on October 19, 2023 and given two consecutive 15-day jail terms for alleged minor offenses, including the distribution of extremist content, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported.

A district judge sentenced him to three years in prison on April 2.

Human rights groups declared him a political prisoner on March 28.

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