{"id":45219,"date":"2023-01-06T17:36:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T14:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/supreme-court-upholds-belapan-sentences\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"supreme-court-upholds-belapan-sentences","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45219\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court upholds BelaPAN sentences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 6, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The Supreme Court has upheld the long prison sentences handed out to <span>BelaPAN<\/span> executives. It has made small changes to a lower court ruling without reducing the terms.<\/p>\n<p> On October 6, judge Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Tulejka of the Minsk Regional Court sentenced the media company\u2019s CEO and editor in chief Iryna Le\u016d\u0161yna to four years in prison. The previous CEO, D\u017amitryj Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d, was given six years; former deputy CEO Andrej Alaksandra\u016d, 14 years; his wife Iryna Z\u0142obina, nine years.<\/p>\n<p> The judge fined Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d 22,400 rubels (some $8,900), Z\u0142obina 25,600 rubels and Alaksandra\u016d 32,000 rubels.<\/p>\n<p> The defendants were accused of establishing&nbsp;an extremist group (Alaksandra\u016d, Le\u016d\u0161yna, Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d), treason (Alaksandra\u016d, Z\u0142obina), tax evasion (Alaksandra\u016d, Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d), and organization of actions grossly disturbing public order (Alaksandra\u016d and Z\u0142obina). Human rights groups consider all four political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>At least 33 journalists are in prison in Belarus, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) said. Many independent reporters have left the country for fear of reprisals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 6, BPN. 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