{"id":55960,"date":"2023-12-16T22:07:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T19:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=55960"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"journalist-mazejka-released-from-prison-rights-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/55960\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Ma\u017eejka released from prison \u2013 \u00a0rights group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mazejka-744-2-16.12.2023.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mazejka-744-2-16.12.2023.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mazejka-744-2-16.12.2023-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Viasna Human Rights Center)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 16, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Authorities have released journalist Hienad\u017a Ma\u017eejka from prison, said the Viasna Human Rights Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ma\u017eejka was arrested in early October 2021 over his interview with a classmate of IT professional Andrej Zielcer who died in a shootout with the Committee for State Security (KGB) agents during a raid of his apartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fierce propaganda criticism of the interview prompted <em>Komsomolskaya Pravda v Belarusi<\/em>, the newspaper that published it, to close down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, Ma\u017eejka was given three years in prison on charges of inciting hatred and insulting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka. 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