{"id":57915,"date":"2023-12-28T13:06:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T10:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=57915"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"media-workers-given-nearly-90-years-in-prison-in-2023-baj","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/57915\/","title":{"rendered":"Media workers given nearly 90 years in prison in 2023 \u2013 BAJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1196\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/photo_2023-12-27_16-28-12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/photo_2023-12-27_16-28-12.jpg 1196w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/photo_2023-12-27_16-28-12-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/photo_2023-12-27_16-28-12-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/photo_2023-12-27_16-28-12-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1196px) 100vw, 1196px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(BAJ)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 28, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian media workers have been sentenced to a total of 89.5 years in prison in 2023, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, authorities arrested 46 journalists, issued 34 search orders, passed 16 jail sentences and blacklisted 33 reporters as extremists, while 12 were branded as persons &#8220;involved in terrorist activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media manager Andrej Alaksandra\u016d, investigative journalist Dzianis Iva\u0161yn, <em>Radyjo Svaboda<\/em>&#8216;s freelancer Ihar \u0141osik, <em>Tut.by<\/em> editor in chief Maryna Zo\u0142atava and her colleague Ludmi\u0142a \u010cekina are serving lengthy prison terms ranging from 12 to 15 years on politically-motivated charges, the BAJ said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, at least 32 media workers remain behind bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 28, Pozirk. 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