Another verdict for media worker: Yury Hladchuk handed 2.5‑year sentence

Glad­chuk was accused of insult­ing the Pres­i­dent of the Repub­lic of Belarus and orga­niz­ing or active­ly par­tic­i­pat­ing in actions that gross­ly vio­late pub­lic order.

On 28 Feb­ru­ary, accord­ing to the sched­ule of court hear­ings, Min­sk City Court will con­sid­er an appeal against the journalist’s sen­tence.

On 16 June 2022, law enforcers detained Avto­biznes media work­ers: edi­tor-in-chief Yulia Mudreuskaya, edi­tor Vadz­im Zianke­vich, and spe­cial projects edi­tor Yury Hlad­chuk. Mudreuskaya’s tri­al began in Sep­tem­ber 2022. She was sen­tenced to 1.5 years in prison for par­tic­i­pat­ing in protests.