{"id":127580,"date":"2025-02-24T19:08:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127580\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"journalist-pitkievic-to-be-tried-on-extremism-charge","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127580\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Pitkievi\u010d to be tried on extremism charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Journalist Palina Pitkievi\u010d will go on trial at the Minsk City Court on March 7 to answer an extremism charge, <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee for State Security (KGB) associated Pitkievi\u010d with the MediaIQ project, designated as an \u201cextremist group\u201d in June 2024. The KGB has listed its other journalists as alleged members of the project, such as Nadzieja Bie\u0142achvo\u015bcik, Alaksiej Chudana\u016d, Darja H\u0142uchava, Pa\u016dluk Byko\u016dski, Alena Viera\u0161\u010dahina, Anton Sajfu\u0142aje\u016d, Alaksiej \u0160unta\u016d, A\u0142a \u0160arko and Viktar Mali\u0161e\u016dski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> reports that Pitkievi\u010d last posted on her social media accounts around the time of the designation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, at least 40 media professionals are imprisoned in Belarus.<\/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\/2025\/02\/ivashyn_tg_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ivashyn_tg_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ivashyn_tg_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ivashyn_tg_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ivashyn_tg_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ivashyn_tg_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Investigative reporter Iva\u0161yn spends 15 days in punishment cell<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 24, Pozirk. Journalist Dzianis Iva\u0161yn has been released from a punishment cell at Prison No 8 in \u017dodzina, Minsk region, after spending 15 days there, said a Telegram channel, monitoring his persecution. Iva\u0161yn reportedly did not complain of health &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/127553\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 24, Pozirk. Journalist Palina Pitkievi\u010d will go on trial at the Minsk City Court on March 7 to answer an extremism charge, Na\u0161a Niva reported. The Committee for State Security (KGB) associated Pitkievi\u010d with the MediaIQ project, designated as an \u201cextremist group\u201d in June 2024. 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