Court sentences blogger Cyhanovič to another year behind bars

May 1, BPN. A district court in Mahiloŭ has sentenced blogger Uładzimir Cyhanovič to one more year for defying the prison administration’s orders. Judge Taćciana Kaściuk issued the ruling on April 10, the Viasna center reported.

Cyhanovič, who ran the MozgON YouTube channel, was convicted in a high-profile case against the associates of former presidential hopeful Siarhiej Cichanoŭski. In December 2021, the Homiel Regional Court sentenced him to 15 years in a medium-security penal colony. Later, a judge ordered that he be transferred to a prison.

The Cichanoŭski case defendants were charged with several criminal offenses, such as organizing mass riots, inciting hatred and obstructing the work of the central election commission.