{"id":101299,"date":"2024-08-20T20:16:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T17:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101299\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-court-sentences-exiled-journalist-to-five-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/101299\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian court sentences exiled journalist to five years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khilmanovich_TG_vesna-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Viasna)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 20, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Hrodna Regional Court has sentenced journalist U\u0142adzimir Chilmanovi\u010d to five years in prison and a fine of 40,000 rubels (some $12,300) without the defendant being present, Haradzienskaja Pravaabarona reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judge found him guilty of facilitating extremism, apparently for working for media outlets critical of the Belarusian government. Authorities sealed off his summer cottage and Hrodna apartment, preparing the properties for seizure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators opened the special procedure case against Chilmanovi\u010d in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 1, law enforcers searched his wife\u2019s apartment, where he had lived between 2014 and 2021, seizing a hard drive, books, newspapers and other items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/euro_money_744x496-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/euro_money_744x496-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/euro_money_744x496-1.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Former deputy energy minister pleads guilty to taking bribes<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 20, Pozirk. 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