{"id":2934,"date":"2023-09-25T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=2934"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"sports-blogger-to-stand-trial-on-extremism-charges","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/2934\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports blogger to stand trial on extremism charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 25,\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0D\u017amitryj Sielviastruk, a former journalist with the state-run newspaper\u00a0<em>Narodnaya Gazeta<\/em>, will go on trial at the Minsk City Court on September 27, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities accuse him of promoting extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge \u015aviat\u0142ana \u010carapanava known for passing politically-motivated sentences will preside over the proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journalist, who has run a soccer-themed Telegram channel until recently, has been under arrest since May 10. Rights groups have no other information about his case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sielviastruk, 33, holds a journalism degree from Belarusian State University and had been working for&nbsp;<em>Narodnaya<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Gazeta<\/em>, covering social issues and IT before switching to sports news and cooperating with&nbsp;<em>Football.by<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His Telegram channel,&nbsp;<em>Serebrianyi vek. Futbol Belarusi<\/em>, has 1,655 subscribers and was last updated on May 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 25,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0D\u017amitryj Sielviastruk, a former journalist with the state-run newspaper\u00a0Narodnaya Gazeta, will go on trial at the Minsk City Court on September 27, the Viasna Human Rights Center reports. Authorities accuse him of promoting extremism. Judge \u015aviat\u0142ana \u010carapanava known for passing politically-motivated sentences will preside over the proceedings. 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