{"id":41636,"date":"2022-03-20T17:17:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T14:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lukasenka-journalists-in-belarus-are-jailed-for-fighting-the-state-for-western-money\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lukasenka-journalists-in-belarus-are-jailed-for-fighting-the-state-for-western-money","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/41636\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka\u0161enka: Journalists in Belarus are jailed for fighting the state for Western money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>March, 20, <span>BPN<\/span><\/b>. Journalism enjoys more freedom in Belarus compared to the West or Japan, Aliaksandr Luka\u0161enka told Japan&#8217;s <span>TBS<\/span>. The interview was recorded on March 17. <span>Belarus 1<\/span> broadcast its edited version on March 19.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t TV anchor Shigenori Kanehira asked how Luka\u0161enka assessed the role of journalism and whether there was freedom of speech and press in Belarus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &#8220;The role of journalism is very important: it should be truthful, it should get the facts, and present them instead of engaging in propaganda,&#8221; Luka\u0161enka said. &#8220;The journalism in Belarus enjoys more freedom compared to the US, the West, and maybe even Japan.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The interviewer asked again: &#8220;Did you say Belarusian journalists are freer than Japanese journalists?&#8221; &#8220;Much freer,'&#8221; Luka\u0161enka replied.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Answering the question as to whether Belarusian journalists are jailed because of their activities, Luka\u0161enka replied: &#8220;They are jailed not because of their professional activities, but because they fight against their own state using US and Western money.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &#8220;However, I don&#8217;t remember if any of the journalists have been punished or imprisoned lately. Once there were times when we let them go, they got paid from German, Polish, and US funds and fought against their own state by breaking the law. Those who break the law, should be held accountable under the law, no matter where, here or in Japan. We learned from you,&#8221; he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, 27 media workers remain behind bars, including <span>BelaPAN<\/span> editor-in-chief Iryna Le\u016d\u0161yna, former <span>BelaPAN<\/span> director Zmicier Nava\u017eyla\u016d, and media manager Andrej Aliaksandra\u016d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March, 20, BPN. Journalism enjoys more freedom in Belarus compared to the West or Japan, Aliaksandr Luka\u0161enka told Japan&#8217;s TBS. The interview was recorded on March 17. Belarus 1 broadcast its edited version on March 19. 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