{"id":45602,"date":"2023-02-03T13:08:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T10:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/belapan-editor-in-chief-held-at-womens-prison-in-homiel\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"belapan-editor-in-chief-held-at-womens-prison-in-homiel","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45602\/","title":{"rendered":"BelaPAN editor in chief held at women\u2019s prison in Homiel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>February 3, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Authorities have transferred <span>BelaPAN<\/span>&#8216;s CEO and editor in chief Iryna Le\u016d\u0161yna to female Penal Colony No 4 in Homiel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t October 2022, judge Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Tulejka of the Minsk Regional Court sentenced her 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.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities accused them 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). Human rights groups consider all four political prisoners.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On January 6, the Supreme Court upheld the long prison sentences.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Z\u0142obina is also held at the colony in Homiel; Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d, at Prison No 3 in Vi\u0107ba, Viciebsk district; and Alaksandra\u016d, at Penal Colony No 1 in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The prison term of Le\u016d\u0161yna expires in December 2024; of Nava\u017ey\u0142a\u016d, in December 2026; of Z\u0142obina, in January 2029; and of Alaksandra\u016d, in January 2034.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 3, BPN. Authorities have transferred BelaPAN&#8216;s CEO and editor in chief Iryna Le\u016d\u0161yna to female Penal Colony No 4 in Homiel. October 2022, judge Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Tulejka of the Minsk Regional Court sentenced her 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; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45602","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 editor in chief held at women\u2019s prison in Homiel | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 3, BPN. Authorities have transferred BelaPAN&#039;s CEO and editor in chief Iryna Le\u016d\u0161yna to female Penal Colony No 4 in Homiel. 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