{"id":54126,"date":"2023-12-07T20:13:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T17:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=54126"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"journalist-marcinovic-receives-hope-of-freedom-award","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/54126\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Marcinovi\u010d receives Hope of Freedom award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/\u043c\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447-\u043f\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0438\u044f-POZ-20231207-1-e1701966330463.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Jahor Marcinovi\u010d holding the Hope of Freedom award\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 7,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Jahor Marcinovi\u010d, a former <em>Na\u0161a Niva<\/em> chief editor, has received a Hope of Freedom award at the Lithuanian parliament. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been luckier than many of my colleagues because I am here and they are still there in the same conditions or even worse,\u201d he said after accepting the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was paid \u20ac6 a month [in prison]. I think dozens of imprisoned Belarusian journalists get paid even less. But they remain hostages; they are there because they were ready to go all the way for freedom of speech. It is absurd that their intellectual potential has been used for such slave labor, not for enhancing Belarus\u2019 information security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award was established by Lithuanian MP Kazys Starkevi\u010dius and the journalistic community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcinovi\u010d left Belarus on his release from prison in August. He spent more than two years behind bars in what is widely seen as authorities\u2019 retaliation for his work as journalist. 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