{"id":47516,"date":"2023-07-04T16:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T13:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/committee-to-protect-journalists-slams-sentence-for-belarusian-cameraman\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"committee-to-protect-journalists-slams-sentence-for-belarusian-cameraman","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee to Protect Journalists slams sentence for Belarusian cameraman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>July 4, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced the four-year prison sentence handed down to reporter Pavie\u0142 Padabied as a &#8220;travesty of justice,&#8221; after a judge in Minsk found him guilty of extremism for cooperation with the Polish-based&nbsp;<span>Belsat TV<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> Investigators also accused him of involvement in the production of reports about kidnapped cameraman \u0179micier Zavadski and murdered journalist Pavie\u0142 \u0160aramiet. <\/p>\n<p> According to prosecutors, he had an account in a foreign bank \u2013 evidence of his &#8220;selfish motives&#8221; and &#8220;financial benefits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Gulnoza Said, CPJ&#8217;s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator, described his two-day trial as rushed in a <a href=\"cpj.org\/2023\/06\/belarusian-journalist-pavel-padabed-sentenced-to-4-years-in-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">statement<\/a> released on June 30.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cAuthorities should drop all charges against Padabied, release him immediately alongside all other imprisoned journalists, and stop retaliating against members of the press for their reporting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p> Padabied has cooperated with independent media as a photographer and cameraman for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p> Law enforcers arrested him in January, one day before his scheduled trip abroad.<\/p>\n<p> According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), the police tapped his phone and had access to his correspondence on messengers.<\/p>\n<p>At least 34 media professionals are held behind bars in Belarus, the BAJ said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 4, BPN. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced the four-year prison sentence handed down to reporter Pavie\u0142 Padabied as a &#8220;travesty of justice,&#8221; after a judge in Minsk found him guilty of extremism for cooperation with the Polish-based&nbsp;Belsat TV. Investigators also accused him of involvement in the production of reports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47516","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>Committee to Protect Journalists slams sentence for Belarusian cameraman | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 4, BPN. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced the four-year prison sentence handed down to reporter Pavie\u0142 Padabied\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Committee to Protect Journalists slams sentence for Belarusian cameraman | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"July 4, BPN. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced the four-year prison sentence handed down to reporter Pavie\u0142 Padabied\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/\"},\"headline\":\"Committee to Protect Journalists slams sentence for Belarusian cameraman\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-04T13:25:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/\"},\"wordCount\":206,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/\",\"name\":\"Committee to Protect Journalists slams sentence for Belarusian cameraman | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-04T13:25:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"July 4, BPN. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced the four-year prison sentence handed down to reporter Pavie\u0142 Padabied\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Committee to Protect Journalists slams sentence for Belarusian cameraman\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Committee to Protect Journalists slams sentence for Belarusian cameraman | Pozirk","description":"July 4, BPN. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced the four-year prison sentence handed down to reporter Pavie\u0142 Padabied","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Committee to Protect Journalists slams sentence for Belarusian cameraman | Pozirk","og_description":"July 4, BPN. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced the four-year prison sentence handed down to reporter Pavie\u0142 Padabied","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/"},"headline":"Committee to Protect Journalists slams sentence for Belarusian cameraman","datePublished":"2023-07-04T13:25:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/"},"wordCount":206,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/","name":"Committee to Protect Journalists slams sentence for Belarusian cameraman | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-07-04T13:25:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","description":"July 4, BPN. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has denounced the four-year prison sentence handed down to reporter Pavie\u0142 Padabied","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47516\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Committee to Protect Journalists slams sentence for Belarusian cameraman"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/47516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=47516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}