{"id":43834,"date":"2022-09-21T18:34:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T15:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/two-journalists-declared-political-prisoners\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"two-journalists-declared-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43834\/","title":{"rendered":"Two journalists declared political prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>September 21, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarusian human rights groups have declared journalists Ivan Mura\u016djo\u016d and Ja\u016dhien Mierkis political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p> Their arrest is a continuation of the state\u2019s \u201cdeliberate policy\u201d to limit the availability of uncensored information and attack freedom of speech, they said in a joint statement, published by the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ).<\/p>\n<p> Law enforcers arrested Mura\u016djo\u016d in Minsk on August 29, for alleged association with&nbsp;an extremist group.<\/p>\n<p> On September 13, police searched Ja\u016dhien Mierkis\u2019 apartment in Homiel and arrested him. He is charged with facilitating extremist activity.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe excessively broad and vague definitions of \u2018extremist activity\u2019 and \u2018extremist group\u2019 provided for by Belarusian legislation allow the authorities to manipulate with wording to unduly restrict the right to information, freedom of speech and freedom of association,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p> It was signed by the BAJ, Pravavaja Inicyjatyva, the Viasna Human Rights Center, Belarusian PEN, Barys Zvozska\u016d Human Rights House, Lawtrend, Human Constanta and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The BAJ said 32 journalists are held in detention in Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 21, BPN. Belarusian human rights groups have declared journalists Ivan Mura\u016djo\u016d and Ja\u016dhien Mierkis political prisoners. 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