{"id":175461,"date":"2026-02-13T12:54:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/175461\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"journalist-dabravolski-to-go-on-trial-in-minsk-on-february-27","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/175461\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Dabravolski to go on trial in Minsk on February 27"},"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>February 13, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The Minsk City Court will open the trial of journalist Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski, accused of high treason, on February 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dabravolski was arrested on January 22, 2025, ten days after his 35th birthday. He may face up to 15 years\u2019 imprisonment. The human rights community considers him a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journalist had worked for the BelaPAN media company before the KGB branded 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. In October 2024, he returned to Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 28 media workers are held behind bars in Belarus, according to the Belarusian Association of journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-352x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-352x236.jpg 352w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-730x490.jpg 730w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/izoliator_advokatos_by.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 political prisoners face ill-treatment, isolation &#8211; HRW<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 4, Pozirk. Five years after countrywide protests against the rigged 2020 presidential elections, politically-motivated repression continued. The government targets all forms of dissent and uses politically motivated charges against rights activists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said in its &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/174292\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 13, Pozirk. The Minsk City Court will open the trial of journalist Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski, accused of high treason, on February 27. Dabravolski was arrested on January 22, 2025, ten days after his 35th birthday. He may face up to 15 years\u2019 imprisonment. The human rights community considers him a political prisoner. 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