{"id":47774,"date":"2023-07-27T16:26:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T13:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/judge-orders-transfer-of-journalist-to-prison-without-reaching-out-to-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"judge-orders-transfer-of-journalist-to-prison-without-reaching-out-to-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47774\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge orders transfer of journalist to prison without reaching out to lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>July 27, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Authorities have transferred journalist Dzianis Iva\u0161yn from a penal colony to a prison in \u017dodzina, Minsk region, his wife said, citing a letter from&nbsp;the penal colony&#8217;s head to his mother.<\/p>\n<p> The wife, Volha Iva\u0161yna, said the transfer was authorized by a district judge&nbsp;in Mahilo\u016d. She said the judge&nbsp;failed to notify Iva\u0161yn&#8217;s defense attorney about the trial, which she denounced as a sham and a circus.<\/p>\n<p> The journalist&nbsp;was sentenced to the higher-security facility&nbsp;one month ago. The reason is still unknown to the family.<\/p>\n<p> Iva\u0161yn was a volunteer editor at Ukraine&#8217;s <span>InfromNapalm<\/span>. He also cooperated with Belarus&#8217; independent weekly <span>Novy \u010cas<\/span>. He investigated Russian meddling in Belarus, construction at a Soviet-era massacre site, and the controversial recruitment of former Ukrainian riot police officers by Belarus.<\/p>\n<p> He was arrested in&nbsp;March 2021. Later that month, the Committee for State Security (KGB) accused him of spying for&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;and causing&nbsp;damage to Belarus&#8217; national security.<\/p>\n<p> Judge Valeryj Ramano\u016dski of the Hrodna Regional Court sentenced him to 13 years and 1 month in prison at a closed-door session on September 14.<\/p>\n<p>Belarus has at least 36 imprisoned reporters, says the Belarusian Association of Journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 27, BPN. Authorities have transferred journalist Dzianis Iva\u0161yn from a penal colony to a prison in \u017dodzina, Minsk region, his wife said, citing a letter from&nbsp;the penal colony&#8217;s head to his mother. The wife, Volha Iva\u0161yna, said the transfer was authorized by a district judge&nbsp;in Mahilo\u016d. 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