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February 5, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Swedish embassy in Belarus has urged the Belarusian authorities to release media manager Andrej Alaksandra\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Solidarity is not a crime. Fundamental freedoms must be guaranteed,” the statement stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandra\u016d, a former BelaPAN<\/em> deputy CEO, and his girlfriend Iryna Z\u0142obina were arrested on January 12, 2021. They married in September 2022 in custody and are allowed to keep in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October 2022, judge Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Tulejka of the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Alaksandra\u016d to 14 years in prison; Z\u0142obina, to nine years, on charges widely seen as politically motivated, including high treason, tax evasion and organizing actions grossly disturbing public order. Rights groups consider both political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandra\u016d is held at Penal Colony No 1 in Navapo\u0142ack, Viciebsk region, and is currently working at the prison\u2019s woodworking shop. A flu epidemic reportedly broke out there recently, with hundreds of inmates suffering from an acute respiratory viral infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The now-defunct BelaPAN<\/em> media company that had employed Alaksandra\u016d from 2014 to 2018 was branded an extremist group in Belarus in early November 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, authorities have blacklisted 24 media organizations and the Belarusian Association of Journalists as extremist groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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