{"id":105461,"date":"2024-09-18T12:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T09:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/105461\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"former-journalist-tolcyn-pardoned-released","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/105461\/","title":{"rendered":"Former journalist To\u0142\u010dyn pardoned, released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tolchin_andrei_fb_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tolchin_andrei_fb_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tolchin_andrei_fb_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tolchin_andrei_fb_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tolchin_andrei_fb_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tolchin_andrei_fb_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(To\u0142\u010dyn&#039;s social media account) <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 18, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Former journalist Andrej To\u0142\u010dyn was pardoned and released on Tuesday, Anatol Labied\u017aka, constitutional reform adviser to opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To\u0142\u010dyn, the founder of the Homiel newspaper <em>Homielskija Viedama\u015bci<\/em>, cooperated with several other media outlets and was arrested on multiple occasions while doing his journalistic work. He left the profession after the 2020 protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To\u0142\u010dyn was arrested a year ago and given two and a half years in prison on extremism-related charges in March. Authorities also blacklisted him as an extremist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights groups considered him a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/74624\/\">Former journalist To\u0142\u010dyn sentenced to 2.5 years in prison \u2013 report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 18, Pozirk. Former journalist Andrej To\u0142\u010dyn was pardoned and released on Tuesday, Anatol Labied\u017aka, constitutional reform adviser to opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, has told Pozirk. To\u0142\u010dyn, the founder of the Homiel newspaper Homielskija Viedama\u015bci, cooperated with several other media outlets and was arrested on multiple occasions while doing his journalistic work. He left the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":71116,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-105461","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former journalist To\u0142\u010dyn pardoned, released | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 18, Pozirk. 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