{"id":180389,"date":"2026-03-21T11:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T08:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180389\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T12:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:46:24","slug":"rsf-on-journalist-releases-in-belarus-one-off-pardons-cannot-replace-justice","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180389\/","title":{"rendered":"RSF on journalist releases in Belarus: one-off pardons cannot replace justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 21, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomed the release of several Belarusian journalists among a large group of dissidents freed two days ago, but stressed that they should never have been imprisoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe call for the immediate release of the 22 media professionals still detained in the country and reiterate that one-off pardons cannot replace justice,\u201d said Jeanne Cavelier, head of RSF’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary lists circulating among Belarusian independent media outlets and human rights activists indicate that six media workers were among the 250 prisoners freed on March 19 following Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s talks with John Coale, US special envoy for Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The liberation of journalist Kaciaryna Bachva\u0142ava (Andrejeva), blogger Eduard Pal\u010dys, and analyst Valeryja Ka\u015bciuhova has been confirmed to date. Bachva\u0142ava and Pal\u010dys were taken to Lithuania, while Ka\u015bciuhova was reportedly allowed to remain in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2025 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by RSF, ranked Belarus\u00a0166th of 180 assessed countries and territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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