{"id":74749,"date":"2024-03-22T13:34:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T10:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/74749\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"journalist-karniej-given-three-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/74749\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Karniej given three years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/karnei_provlastnyi_resurs.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/karnei_provlastnyi_resurs.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/karnei_provlastnyi_resurs-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/karnei_provlastnyi_resurs-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/karnei_provlastnyi_resurs-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/karnei_provlastnyi_resurs-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pro-government source)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 22, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. The Minsk City Court has sentenced journalist Ihar Karniej to three years in a penal colony, <em>Radjo Svaboda<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Siarhiej Kacar found him guilty on charges of setting up an extremist group and participating in its activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2020, Kacar has handed down about 170 politically-motivated rulings under the Administrative Offenses Code and about 30, under the Criminal Code, according to human rights groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karniej, a former RFE\/RL Belarus Service correspondent, has been in custody since July 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 22, Pozirk. The Minsk City Court has sentenced journalist Ihar Karniej to three years in a penal colony, Radjo Svaboda reports. Judge Siarhiej Kacar found him guilty on charges of setting up an extremist group and participating in its activities. 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