{"id":130795,"date":"2025-03-20T12:57:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130795\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"bysol-helps-journalist-cyndarava-leave-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130795\/","title":{"rendered":"BySol helps journalist \u010cyndarava leave Belarus"},"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\/2025\/03\/chyndareva-stryzhak-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chyndareva-stryzhak-1.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chyndareva-stryzhak-1-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chyndareva-stryzhak-1-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chyndareva-stryzhak-1-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/chyndareva-stryzhak-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Ksienija \u010cyndarava\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Andrej Stry\u017eak&#039;s Facebook page)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 20, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The BySol Solidarity Foundation helped journalist Ksienija \u010cyndarava, who collaborated with the outlawed <em>\u0160todzie\u0144<\/em> local news outlet from Homiel, leave Belarus, its head Andrej Stry\u017eak has said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last fall, police officers from the cybersecurity unit inspected her smartphone on the pretext of phishing links mailouts to confirm that pictures posted by <em>\u0160todzie\u0144 <\/em>were taken by her device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Belarusian law enforcers arrested the journalist at the Polish-Belarusian border, checked her phone and reportedly found reactions to the content branded extremist in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u010cyndarava was fined and later summoned to the Committee for State Security (KGB). The journalist decided to leave Belarus immediately after threats of being thrown in prison and potential persecution of her family members, Stry\u017eak said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BySol announced a fundraiser to cover her expenses for purchasing a laptop that she needs for her work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About two years ago, Belarusian officials blacklisted <em>\u0160todzie\u0144<\/em> that is now operating in exile as an \u201cextremist\u201d group, which carries heavy punishments for those who collaborate with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the 2020 political crisis, authorities in Belarus equated free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.<\/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\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lager_dlia_bezhentsev_pabrade_sogg.jpg 870w\" 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\">BySol head says propaganda film could have pushed exiled regime critic to commit suicide<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 19, Pozirk. Belarusian national Stanis\u0142a\u016d Brykin committed suicide at a detention center for asylum seekers in Lithuanian Pabrad\u0117 two weeks ago, Andrej Stry\u017eak of the BySol Solidarity Foundation has said on Telegram. In 2020, Brykin participated in the postelection &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/130640\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 20, Pozirk. The BySol Solidarity Foundation helped journalist Ksienija \u010cyndarava, who collaborated with the outlawed \u0160todzie\u0144 local news outlet from Homiel, leave Belarus, its head Andrej Stry\u017eak has said on Facebook. Last fall, police officers from the cybersecurity unit inspected her smartphone on the pretext of phishing links mailouts to confirm that pictures posted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":130788,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-130795","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>BySol helps journalist \u010cyndarava leave Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 20, Pozirk. 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