{"id":191071,"date":"2026-06-09T11:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191071\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:34:45","slug":"supreme-court-rejects-appeal-by-media-manager-janukievic","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191071\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court rejects appeal by media manager Janukievi\u010d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Andrej Pakalenka, U\u0142adzimir Janukievi\u010d (left to right)\n <\/div>\n \n
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June 9, Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The Supreme Court upheld the 14-year prison sentence imposed on media manager U\u0142adzimir Janukievi\u010d, who was convicted of high treason earlier this year, the Belarusian Association of Journalists reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His associate Andrej Pakalenka\u2019s sentence on similar charges was reduced from 12 to 11 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both journalists were associated with the\u00a0BAR24<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Intex Press<\/em>\u00a0media in Baranavi\u010dy, Brest region. Their persecution reflects a broader crackdown on independent Belarusian media and journalists, rights groups noted, after designating Janukievi\u010d and Pakalenka as political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janukievi\u010d, 65, and Pakalenka, 44, served as CEO and deputy CEO of the local newspaper\u00a0Intex-Press<\/em>, designated as \u201cextremist content\u201d by authorities in April 2023. The designation followed a police raid on the newspaper\u2019s office on February 15, 2023, in which law enforcement officers seized all computers and cameras. Janukievi\u010d and Pakalenka went on to launch the news website\u00a0bar24.by<\/em>, but were arrested in December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, at least 21 media workers are held behind bars in Belarus, according to BAJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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