{"id":178590,"date":"2026-03-09T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178590\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"journalist-dabravolski-given-nine-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178590\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Dabravolski given nine years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Dabravolski's Instagram account)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

March 9, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Minsk City Court on March 6 sentenced journalist Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski to nine years in a high-security penal colony following a closed-door trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charges of high treason reportedly stemmed from the journalist’s professional activities during the 2020 postelection protests in Belarus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dabravolski was arrested on January 22, 2025, ten days after his 35th birthday.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journalist had worked for the BelaPAN<\/em> media company before the KGB declared it an \u201cextremist group\u201d in November 2021. In October 2020, he was arrested in Minsk and jailed for 15 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 the Belarusian capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The human rights community considers him a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 28 media workers are held behind bars in Belarus, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About two weeks ago, journalists U\u0142adzimir Janukievi\u010d and Andrej Pakalenka were sentenced to 14 and 12 years in prison on high treason charges, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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