{"id":43549,"date":"2022-08-31T14:06:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T11:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/prominent-hrodna-based-journalist-arrested\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"prominent-hrodna-based-journalist-arrested","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43549\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Hrodna-based journalist arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>August 31, <span>BPN<\/span><\/b><b>.<\/b> Police have arrested Pavie\u0142 Ma\u017eejka, journalist and head of the Hrodna-based urban civil society organization, Centr Haradskoha \u017dy\u0107cia, a local Telegram channel reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t In March 2021, he was arrested together with artist Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin, who was later sentenced to five years in prison on charges of inciting hatred and desecrating state symbols. Ma\u017eejka was released after spending 72 hours in custody.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t In May 2022, his Centr Haradskoha \u017dy\u0107cia was shut down at the request of the Hrodna Prosecutor&#8217;s Office.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Ma\u017eejka is an experienced journalists who has worked for major media organization, including Belsat TV, a Warsaw-based TV channel currently targeted&nbsp;by Minsk as an extremist group. He began his career in the Hrodna-based newspaper <span>Pahonia, <\/span>which was shut down for criticism<span>&nbsp;<\/span>of the government. He served a &#8220;restricted freedom&#8221; term from 2002 to 2004 for allegedly defaming the Belarusian ruler.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Hrodna.life has reported that police raided his home on August 30 and detained him&nbsp;for 72 hours for unknown reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 31, BPN. Police have arrested Pavie\u0142 Ma\u017eejka, journalist and head of the Hrodna-based urban civil society organization, Centr Haradskoha \u017dy\u0107cia, a local Telegram channel reported. In March 2021, he was arrested together with artist Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin, who was later sentenced to five years in prison on charges of inciting hatred and desecrating state symbols. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-43549","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>Prominent Hrodna-based journalist arrested | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 31, BPN. 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