{"id":47013,"date":"2023-05-26T17:50:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/poland-to-slap-new-sanctions-on-belarus-over-jailed-journalist\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"poland-to-slap-new-sanctions-on-belarus-over-jailed-journalist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47013\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland to slap new sanctions on Belarus over jailed journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 26, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Poland has announced new sanctions against the government of Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka after the Supreme Court in Minsk upheld the eight-year prison sentence of journalist Andrej Pa\u010dobut.<\/p>\n<p> Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kami\u0144ski described the sentence as \u201cdraconian\u201d and said the sanctions will target hundreds of officials. Further details are expected on May 29, he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kaminski_M_\/status\/1662086947278409728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Pa\u010dobut, who worked for a Polish newspaper and was a prominent activist for the rights of ethnic Poles in Belarus, was found guilty of undermining national security in February by a regional court in the western city of Hrodna.<\/p>\n<p> His case has strained relations between Belarus and Poland, which hosts many exiled Belarusian opposition activists and supports their pro-democracy movement. Poland closed a major border crossing with Belarus in protest against&nbsp;Pa\u010dobut\u2019s verdict and demanded his release.<\/p>\n<p> Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka, who has ruled the ex-Soviet nation with an iron fist for 29 years, rejected any concessions and offered to swap Pa\u010dobut for Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, a former diplomat and culture minister who joined the opposition and fled to Poland after the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p> \u0141atu\u0161ka\u2019s&nbsp;group NAM presses for tougher sanctions against&nbsp;\u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s rule and transfer power to the people.<\/p>\n<p>The EU has imposed sanctions on Belarus for its crackdown on dissent and its role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The measures include travel bans and asset freezes on officials and entities, as well as trade and financial restrictions. Poland, an EU member, supports the sanctions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 26, BPN. Poland has announced new sanctions against the government of Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka after the Supreme Court in Minsk upheld the eight-year prison sentence of journalist Andrej Pa\u010dobut. Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kami\u0144ski described the sentence as \u201cdraconian\u201d and said the sanctions will target hundreds of officials. Further details are expected on May 29, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47013","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>Poland to slap new sanctions on Belarus over jailed journalist | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 26, BPN. 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