{"id":118998,"date":"2024-12-19T13:46:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118998\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"journalist-serving-18-months-in-prison-for-covering-2020-protests","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118998\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist serving 18 months in prison for covering 2020 protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1081\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ja-gen-nikalaevich-jpg-webp.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ja-gen-nikalaevich-jpg-webp.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ja-gen-nikalaevich-jpg-webp-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ja-gen-nikalaevich-jpg-webp-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ja-gen-nikalaevich-jpg-webp-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ja-gen-nikalaevich-jpg-webp-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1081px) 100vw, 1081px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Nika\u0142ajevi\u010d in Pinsk in 2020 after being beaten by police when covering a protest\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(BAJ)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 19, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Journalist Ja\u016dhien Nika\u0142ajevi\u010d from Pinsk, Brest region, was given 18 months in prison in early October after the judge found him on guilty of violent disorder in connection with his work as cameraman during 2020 postelection protests, <em>media-polesye.com<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journalist left Belarus after several arrests in 2020 but returned this year. The circumstances of his arrest remain unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities added his name to the &#8220;extremist&#8221; register after rejecting his appeal earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nika\u0142ajevi\u010d is one of the 45 media workers held behind bars in Belarus, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vkontakte_hilo_1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">EU calls for release of jailed Belarusian preacher employed by EU delegation<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 19, Pozirk. The European External Action Service called for the release of Miko\u0142a Chi\u0142o, a local staff member with the EU delegation to Belarus and a Baptist preacher, POLITICO reported. \u201cWe urge the Belarusian authorities to release him immediately &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/118964\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 19, Pozirk. Journalist Ja\u016dhien Nika\u0142ajevi\u010d from Pinsk, Brest region, was given 18 months in prison in early October after the judge found him on guilty of violent disorder in connection with his work as cameraman during 2020 postelection protests, media-polesye.com reported. The journalist left Belarus after several arrests in 2020 but returned this year. 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