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January 15, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Investigators press extremism charges against journalist Ale\u015b Sabale\u016dski, said the human rights group Mayday.Team. He has been held at Mahilo\u016d’s Prison No. 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabale\u016dski was arrested on December 12 and given two consecutive jail sentences for alleged minor offenses. Instead of releasing him when the sentences expired, investigators charged him with violating Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code, which bans facilitating extremist activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Sabale\u016dski quit journalism long ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year ago, OMON (Special Police Unit) raided his apartment. Reports said that one officer pointed a handgun at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security forces then searched the homes of two other lo\u0441al journalists in a crackdown on the 6TV <\/em>newsroom that employed Sabale\u016dski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 29, the Committee for State Security blacklisted 6TV<\/em>, a regional station, as an extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities can retroactively prosecute journalists for cooperating with media designated as extremist after they had left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 12, journalist and cameraman Alaksandar Zianko\u016d went on trial at the Minsk City Court to answer extremism charges. Investigators accused him of association with an extremist group, a charge that carries up to six years in prison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based in Barysa\u016d, Minsk region, Zianko\u016d cooperated with several independent media outlets, including ex-Press.by<\/em> (now ex-press.live<\/em>), blacklisted as extremist content twice, while its team was branded an extremist group in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the 2020 presidential election, the government has been running a campaign to dismantle and ban independent media. It has forced dozens of national and local news organizations into exile. According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, 34 media professionals remain behind bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January 15, Pozirk. Investigators press extremism charges against journalist Ale\u015b Sabale\u016dski, said the human rights group Mayday.Team. He has been held at Mahilo\u016d’s Prison No. 4. Sabale\u016dski was arrested on December 12 and given two consecutive jail sentences for alleged minor offenses. Instead of releasing him when the sentences expired, investigators charged him with violating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":61111,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-61129","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFormer journalist Sabale\u016dski faces criminal charges | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 15, Pozirk. Investigators press extremism charges against journalist Ale\u015b Sabale\u016dski, said the human rights group Mayday.Team. 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