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  • Final charges laid against media manager Kanstantsin Zalatykh

    The Belarusian Association of Journalists was informed that on 31 January, the final indictment was brought against Kanstantsin Zalatykh, director of the Belorusy i Rynok newspaper. He has been in custody for eight months now. As lawyers of political prisoners are bound by strict conditions on non-disclosure pledges, they refrain from any comments.

    It is known that Kanstantsin Zalatykh was charged with sev­er­al seri­ous crim­i­nal charges, includ­ing “incit­ing social enmi­ty”. This arti­cle pro­vides for a pun­ish­ment of up to 10 years in prison.

    The case of Kanstantsin Zalatykh will short­ly be passed to the prosecutor’s office for fur­ther sub­mis­sion to the court.

    On 18 May 2022, KGB offi­cers detained Kanstantsin Zalatykh, direc­tor of the Belorusy i Rynok news­pa­per, Yulia Kakhno, the newspaper’s book­keep­er, and Andrei Alek­san­drovich, Belorusy i Rynok edi­tor-in-chief.

    Andrei Alek­san­drovich and Yulia Kakhno were released from the KGB after inter­ro­ga­tion and signed a non-dis­clo­sure pledge.

    Belorusy i Rynok used to be the last inde­pen­dent edi­tion issued in Belarus. It is a busi­ness news­pa­per main­ly cov­er­ing eco­nom­ic mat­ters. How­ev­er, in 2022, the news­pa­per sus­pend­ed its pub­li­ca­tion after 32 years of print­ing.

    On 23 July 2022, the Min­istry of Infor­ma­tion blocked access to the web­site of the news­pa­per in Belarus “due to link­ing to con­tent declared extrem­ist.” In ear­ly Decem­ber last year, the news­pa­per sus­pend­ed its pub­li­ca­tion after 32 years of print­ing.

    Mean­while, the Min­istry of Infor­ma­tion unex­pect­ed­ly restored access to the belmarket.by web­site, and it has been updat­ed for a month now.

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