{"id":62945,"date":"2024-01-24T23:38:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T20:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=62945"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"journalist-siarhiej-hardzijevic-arrested-baj","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/62945\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Siarhiej Hardzijevi\u010d arrested \u2013 BAJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  \n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Security forces in Drahi\u010dyn, Brest region, have arrested Siarhiej Hardzijevi\u010d, a former correspondent for the <em>Pier\u0161y Rehijon<\/em> news website, the Belarusian Association of Journalists reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been charged with disseminating &#8220;extremist content,&#8221; according to unconfirmed reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, authorities arrested Hardzijevi\u010d after checking his phone at a border crossing and sentenced him to 15 days in jail on the same charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gordievich_pershy_regijon_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gordievich_pershy_regijon_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gordievich_pershy_regijon_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gordievich_pershy_regijon_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gordievich_pershy_regijon_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gordievich_pershy_regijon_1128x752-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Siarhiej Hardzijevi\u010d\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>Pier\u0161y Rehijon<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2022, the journalist was released from prison after serving an 18-month sentence for allegedly insulting an official, the head of state and defamation. Human rights groups denounced the charges as politically motivated, but the interior ministry added him to the list of &#8220;extremists.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pier\u0161y Rehijon<\/em> has been designated as &#8220;extremist content&#8221; but is still updated by journalists based abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 24, Pozirk. Security forces in Drahi\u010dyn, Brest region, have arrested Siarhiej Hardzijevi\u010d, a former correspondent for the Pier\u0161y Rehijon news website, the Belarusian Association of Journalists reported. He has been charged with disseminating &#8220;extremist content,&#8221; according to unconfirmed reports. 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