{"id":45673,"date":"2023-02-10T16:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T13:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/supreme-court-upholds-eight-year-sentence-for-investigative-journalist\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"supreme-court-upholds-eight-year-sentence-for-investigative-journalist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45673\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court upholds eight-year sentence for investigative journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>February 10,&nbsp;<span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by <span>Ej.by<\/span> editor Siarhiej Sacuk against an eight-year prison sentence, said the Belarusian Association of Journalists.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Law enforcers arrested Sacuk, a prominent investigative journalist, on December 8, 2021. On the same day, the Ministry of Information blocked access to <span>Ej.by<\/span>, a news and analysis website that he founded.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On October 26, the Minsk City Court sentenced him to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of abuse of office, inciting hatred and taking a bribe.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The BAJ said that Sacuk presented an 85-page file to defend himself during the appeal hearing. The Supreme Court heard his&nbsp;appeal behind closed doors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 10,&nbsp;BPN. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Ej.by editor Siarhiej Sacuk against an eight-year prison sentence, said the Belarusian Association of Journalists. Law enforcers arrested Sacuk, a prominent investigative journalist, on December 8, 2021. On the same day, the Ministry of Information blocked access to Ej.by, a news and analysis website that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45673","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>Supreme Court upholds eight-year sentence for investigative journalist | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 10,&nbsp;BPN. 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