{"id":45508,"date":"2023-01-27T12:24:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/belapans-jailed-journalists-transferred-to-prisons\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"belapans-jailed-journalists-transferred-to-prisons","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45508\/","title":{"rendered":"BelaPAN&#8217;s jailed journalists transferred to prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>January 27, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Authorities transferred convicted <span>BelaPAN <\/span>journalists to prisons where they are to serve their sentences.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Media manager and former deputy CEO Andrej Alaksandra\u016d, sentenced to 14 years in prison, was sent to Penal Colony No 1 in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, sources told <span>BPN<\/span>. Former presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka and blogger Ihar \u0141osik are held there too.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Alaksandra\u016d turned 45 on January 27 and is celebrating his birthday in captivity for the third time. He was born in Russia&#8217;s Nizhny Tagil but grew up in Navapo\u0142ack.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Former BelaPAN CEO D\u017amitryj Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d, sentenced to six years in prison, was escorted to Prison No 3 in Vi\u0107ba, Viciebsk district, even though earlier reports said authorities also planned to send him to Navapo\u0142ack. Babaryka&#8217;s lawyer Maksim Znak and journalist Juryj Hancarevi\u010d are held there too.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t It remains unclear where authorities have transferred <span>BelaPAN <\/span>editor in chief Iryna Le\u016d\u0161yna and Alaksandra\u016d&#8217;s wife Irrna Z\u0142obina, sentenced to four and nine years in prison, respectively.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Most likely, they are held at women&#8217;s Penal Colony No 4 in Homiel, as they were sent to Homiel&#8217;s pre-trial detention facility from Minsk after their conviction in October 2022. They remained there until the appeal hearing on January 6, when the Supreme Court upheld the long prison sentences.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities accused journalists of establishing 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).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Human rights groups consider all four political prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 27, BPN. Authorities transferred convicted BelaPAN journalists to prisons where they are to serve their sentences. Media manager and former deputy CEO Andrej Alaksandra\u016d, sentenced to 14 years in prison, was sent to Penal Colony No 1 in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, sources told BPN. Former presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka and blogger Ihar \u0141osik are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45508","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>BelaPAN&#039;s jailed journalists transferred to prisons | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 27, BPN. Authorities transferred convicted BelaPAN journalists to prisons where they are to serve their sentences. 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