{"id":210477,"date":"2026-11-04T16:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/210477\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T16:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:55:24","slug":"exiled-journalist-says-belarus-filed-new-criminal-charges-against-her","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/210477\/","title":{"rendered":"Exiled journalist says Belarus filed new criminal charges against her"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/andreeva_POZ_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/andreeva_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/andreeva_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/andreeva_POZ_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/andreeva_POZ_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/andreeva_POZ_1128x752-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 4, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Exiled journalist Kaciaryna Andrejeva (Bachva\u0142ava), freed in March as part of Washington\u2019s deal with Minsk, says Belarusian authorities filed new criminal charges against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her parents in Belarus were reportedly summoned to appear before the Investigative Committee on November 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrejeva was arrested in November 2020 while covering the violent dispersal of a protest rally in downtown Minsk for <em>Belsat TV<\/em>. She was imprisoned on protest-related charges with the two-year term later extended to eight years in a high treason case. After the liberation, Andrejeva resumed cooperation with the Warsaw-based <em>Belsat TV<\/em> channel, branded as extremist by the authorities in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her husband, journalist Ihar Ilja\u0161 was arrested in late October 2024 for giving interviews to media outlets that the authorities have labeled as extremist. Last year, he was given four years in prison in Belarus for allegedly discrediting the state and facilitating extremism. Rights groups consider his persecution to be politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly all independent media outlets were branded extremist for political reasons in Belarus after the disputed 2020 presidential election. Belarusian authorities routinely use terrorism and extremism designations to silence critical voices. Association with an extremist group carries a penalty of two to seven years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Reporters_kollaz_pozirk_1128-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Reporters_kollaz_pozirk_1128-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Reporters_kollaz_pozirk_1128-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Reporters_kollaz_pozirk_1128-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Reporters_kollaz_pozirk_1128-1.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">RSF on journalist releases in Belarus: one-off pardons cannot replace justice<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 21, Pozirk. 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. \u201cWe call for the immediate release of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/180389\">\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>November 4, Pozirk. Exiled journalist Kaciaryna Andrejeva (Bachva\u0142ava), freed in March as part of Washington\u2019s deal with Minsk, says Belarusian authorities filed new criminal charges against her. Her parents in Belarus were reportedly summoned to appear before the Investigative Committee on November 5. Andrejeva was arrested in November 2020 while covering the violent dispersal of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":180162,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-210477","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>Exiled journalist says Belarus filed new criminal charges against her | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 4, Pozirk. 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