{"id":45078,"date":"2022-12-26T21:03:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T18:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/local-journalist-sentenced-in-jail-on-extremist-content-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"local-journalist-sentenced-in-jail-on-extremist-content-charges","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45078\/","title":{"rendered":"Local journalist sentenced in jail on \u201cextremist\u201d content charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 26, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The S\u0142onim District Court, Hrodna region, has sentenced local journalist, writer and historian Siarhiej \u010cyhryn to 15 days in jail, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reports.<\/p>\n<p> The 64-year-old man was expected to be released on December 23 after serving a seven-day term for dissemination of \u201cextremist\u201d content. Instead, law enforcers told \u010cyhryn\u2019s relatives about \u201cnew developments\u201d in his case.<\/p>\n<p> After another weekend in jail, the journalist was convicted under the same criminal article, but received a longer term.<\/p>\n<p> \u010cyhryn was sacked as head of the S\u0142onim Drama Theater\u2019s literary department three days after his arrest.<\/p>\n<p> In the past, the convict was reporter at the <span>S\u0142onimski Vie\u015bnik<\/span> newspaper and deputy editor-in-chief at <span>Hazieta S\u0142onimskaja<\/span>. He wrote about 60 poetry, local history and literary studies books. He also translated works by Ukrainian, Russian, French and Turkish poets and playwrights into Belarusian.<\/p>\n<p>Belarus has at least 33 imprisoned reporters, BAJ said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 26, BPN. 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