{"id":104855,"date":"2024-09-13T18:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T15:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/104855\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"rights-defender-journalist-wanted-by-belarus-for-appearing-on-belsat","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/104855\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights defender, journalist wanted by Belarus for appearing on Belsat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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September 13, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Human rights activist Siarhiej Sys has been placed on the interstate wanted list on criminal charges filed in Belarus against participants in Plan B TV show on Warsaw-based Belsat<\/em>, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ihar Ka\u017amier\u010dak, orsha.eu<\/em> editor, is also wanted. Both left Belarus in 2021 fearing politically-motivated persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than a dozen people face charges of facilitating extremism over the March 25 and April 1 broadcasts on Belsat<\/em>, a Warsaw-based station labeled by Belarus\u2019 authorities an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators have visited their family members, interviewed neighbors and conducted several searches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 2007 in a deal between the Polish foreign ministry and the Polish broadcaster TVP<\/em>, Belsat <\/em>broadcasts for Belarusian audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities in Minsk blacklisted it in November 2021 along with other independent media outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 17 media workers are serving prison sentences in Belarus for cooperating with Belsat<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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