{"id":45340,"date":"2023-01-16T14:55:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T11:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/reporter-poczobuts-trial-closed-to-public-at-prosecutors-request\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"reporter-poczobuts-trial-closed-to-public-at-prosecutors-request","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45340\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporter Poczobut\u2019s trial closed to public at prosecutor\u2019s request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>January 16, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Judge D\u017amitryj Bubien\u010dyk has ruled to close the trial of reporter Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) to the public at the request of the prosecutor, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Poczobut&#8217;s family members and several activists were ordered to leave the courtroom.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The trial, which had been postponed several times, opened at the Hrodna Regional Court at 10:30 a.m. on January 16.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities have been holding the journalist and activist of the Union of Poles in Belarus in custody since March 2021. He is charged with inciting hatred and calling for sanctions against Belarus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Last autumn, Poczobut refused to petition Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka for pardon. The Committee for State Security (KGB) put him on the list of \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities.\u201d Of five defendants in the case, Poczobut is the only one to remain in custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 16, BPN. Judge D\u017amitryj Bubien\u010dyk has ruled to close the trial of reporter Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) to the public at the request of the prosecutor, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. Poczobut&#8217;s family members and several activists were ordered to leave the courtroom. 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