{"id":184864,"date":"2026-04-24T20:06:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184864\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:06:55","slug":"journalist-dabravolski-held-at-sklou-penal-colony","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184864\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Dabravolski\u00a0held at \u0160k\u0142o\u016d penal colony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025.jpg 596w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski\r\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Dabravolski&#039;s Instagram account)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 24, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Journalist Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski, sentenced to nine years on March 6 on high treason charges at a trial behind closed doors, is serving his sentence at the Penal Colony No 17 in \u0160k\u0142o\u016d, Mahilo\u016d region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The charges of high treason reportedly stemmed from the journalist\u2019s professional activities during the 2020 postelection protests in Belarus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dabravolski was arrested on January 22, 2025, ten days after his 35th birthday. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journalist had worked for the<em>&nbsp;BelaPAN<\/em>&nbsp;media company before the KGB declared it an \u201cextremist group\u201d in November 2021. In October 2020, he was arrested in Minsk and jailed for 15 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dabravolski\u2019s social media, after leaving Belarus at the end of 2021, he traveled around the world. In October 2024, he returned to the Belarusian capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The human rights community considers him a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dobrovolski-inst-2025.jpg 596w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">CPJ demands immediate release of journalist sentenced on high treason charges<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 10, Pozirk. The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the March 6 sentencing of journalist Pavia\u0142 Dabravolski to nine years in jail on treason charges, and calls on Belarusian authorities to release him immediately. \u201cThe harsh prison sentence handed &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/178850\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 24, Pozirk. Journalist Pavie\u0142 Dabravolski, sentenced to nine years on March 6 on high treason charges at a trial behind closed doors, is serving his sentence at the Penal Colony No 17 in \u0160k\u0142o\u016d, Mahilo\u016d region. The charges of high treason reportedly stemmed from the journalist\u2019s professional activities during the 2020 postelection protests in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152662,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-184864","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Journalist Dabravolski\u00a0held at \u0160k\u0142o\u016d penal colony | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 24, Pozirk. 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