{"id":119385,"date":"2024-12-23T13:34:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/119385\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"exiled-art-manager-given-seven-years-in-prison-after-re-trial","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/119385\/","title":{"rendered":"Exiled art manager given seven years in prison after re-trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 23, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Judge Siarhiej Bieraziuk in Brest sentenced exiled art manager Alaksandar \u010cacho\u016dski to seven years in prison and fined him 32,000 rubels ($9,300) after reviewing the initial three-month jail sentence, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new sentence against \u010cacho\u016dski, a defendant in a criminal case involving the Rudabielskaja Pakazucha show, was passed ten days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His re-trial took place without the defendant being present after the Supreme Court had overturned the initial sentence. In addition to the charges of insulting officials and desecrating state symbols, authorities accused \u010cacho\u016dski of heading an extremist group and facilitating extremism for alleged association with initiatives declared extremist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blogger Andrej Pavuk, a defendant in the same case, was given 12 years in prison; bloggers Volha Pavuk and Illa Salanko\u016d as well as rocker U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d, eight years each; former opera singer Marharyta La\u016d\u010duk, six years. All are currently based outside Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, the Belarusian interior ministry declared the Rudabelskaja Pakazucha YouTube channel an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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