{"id":62048,"date":"2024-01-19T20:27:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=62048"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"committee-to-protect-journalists-denounces-recent-harassment-of-belarusian-press","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/62048\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee to Protect Journalists denounces recent &#8220;harassment&#8221; of Belarusian press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1127\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cpj-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cpj-1128.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cpj-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cpj-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cpj-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cpj-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Committee to Protect Journalists, in a statement yesterday, called on the Belarusian authorities to drop all charges against former journalist Alaksandar Zianko\u016d and detail the charges against blogger Ale\u015b Sabale\u016dski, as well as the reason behind the recent detention of former cameraman Ja\u016dhien H\u0142u\u0161ko\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The detentions of journalists Ja\u016dhien H\u0142u\u0161ko\u016d, Ale\u015b Sabale\u016dski, and Alaksandar Zianko\u016d are yet another example of the Belarusian authorities&#8217; relentless harassment of members of the press,&#8221; said Gulnoza Said, CPJ&#8217;s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She called on the authorities to ensure that courts do not imprison journalists for their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CPJ said the Belarusian Investigative Committee did not answer its request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US non-profit called Belarus &#8220;the world&#8217;s third-worst jailer of journalists.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, 34 media professionals are detained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 19, Pozirk. 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