- Belarusian journalist Pavel Dabravolski has been convicted of treason and sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security prison.
- Dabravolski, an award-winning journalist, was found guilty during a closed-door trial in Minsk, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
- His conviction is part of an escalating government crackdown on press freedom, making him the fifth media worker jailed in two weeks.
- Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya stated that Dabravolski's 'only 'crime' was doing his job and covering the 2020 protests after the stolen elections'.
- Activists report that 28 journalists are currently imprisoned in Belarus, which is described as having the worst freedom of speech in Europe under President Alexander Lukashenko's rule.
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