{"id":152665,"date":"2025-08-26T21:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152665\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"journalist-paviel-dabravolski-is-at-kgb-detention-center","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152665\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski at KGB detention center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025.jpg 596w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Dabravolski&#039;s Instagram account)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski, a journalist recognized as a political prisoner by the human rights community, is being held in the Committee for State Security (KGB) detention center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dabravolski was arrested on January 22, ten days after his 35th birthday. It remains unclear what charges he faces. His Telegram account was active on March 11 and April 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journalist had worked for the <em>BelaPAN<\/em> media company before the KGB declared it an \u201cextremist group\u201d in November 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2020, he was arrested in Minsk and jailed for 15 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dabravolski\u2019s social media, after leaving Belarus at the end of 2021, he traveled around the world. He returned to Minsk in October 2024.<\/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\/08\/supruniuk_dobrovolski_baj-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/supruniuk_dobrovolski_baj-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/supruniuk_dobrovolski_baj-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/supruniuk_dobrovolski_baj.jpg 705w\" 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\">Rights defenders declare two journalists political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 26, Pozirk. The human rights community has recognized journalists Aleh Supruniuk and Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski as political prisoners, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported. On August 8, Supruniuk was convicted of membership in an \u201cextremist group\u201d and sentenced to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/152645\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 26, Pozirk. Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski, a journalist recognized as a political prisoner by the human rights community, is being held in the Committee for State Security (KGB) detention center. Dabravolski was arrested on January 22, ten days after his 35th birthday. It remains unclear what charges he faces. His Telegram account was active on March [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":152662,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-152665","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>Journalist Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski at KGB detention center | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 26, Pozirk. 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