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March 13, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Minsk City Court adjourned the hearing of a criminal case against journalist Ihar Ilja\u0161\u2014accused of discrediting Belarus and facilitating extremism\u2014pending expert examination of his analysis articles, journalist Siarhiej Vahana\u016d said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vahana\u016d is the grandfather of Ilja\u0161’s wife Kaciaryna Andrejeva (Bachva\u0142ava) who is serving a lengthy prison term. Her persecution is widely seen as politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge reportedly rejected Ilja\u0161’s request for an examination by a state forensic examination agency, referring the task to philology professor Siarhiej Lebiadzinski of Belarusian State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ilja\u0161 feels well both physically and mentally, reads a lot and thoroughly prepares for court hearings, Vahana\u016d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only thing that saddens him is that he cannot correspond directly with Kacia [his wife] held at Homiel’s Penal Colony No 4 for the fifth year,” he noted. A letter to her was returned even though there is no official ban on correspondence between prisoners, Vahana\u016d added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vahana\u016d’s post is a rare opportunity to follow the trial because in the repressive environment there are no independent journalists or human rights defenders left in the country who could attend it without the risk of being arrested. Although the trial is open to the public, police usually only let close relatives into the court room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ilja\u0161 was arrested in late October 2024 over interviews for media labeled by the government as extremist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rights groups consider both Andrejeva and Ilja\u0161 to be political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian government has equated journalism with extremism and prosecutes individuals for giving interviews to independent media outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Journalist Ilja\u0161 on trial in Minsk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 13, Pozirk. The Minsk City Court adjourned the hearing of a criminal case against journalist Ihar Ilja\u0161\u2014accused of discrediting Belarus and facilitating extremism\u2014pending expert examination of his analysis articles, journalist Siarhiej Vahana\u016d said on Facebook. Vahana\u016d is the grandfather of Ilja\u0161’s wife Kaciaryna Andrejeva (Bachva\u0142ava) who is serving a lengthy prison term. Her persecution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":110560,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-129841","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJudge orders analysis of journalist Ilja\u0161\u2019s articles, adjourns trial | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 13, Pozirk. 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