Journalist Pavel Dabravolski accused of treason

Pavel Dabravol­s­ki, a jour­nal­ist detained in the Com­mit­tee for State Secu­ri­ty (KGB) jail, has been accused of high trea­son in con­nec­tion with his pro­fes­sion­al activ­i­ties and may face up to 15 years’ impris­on­ment.

Dabravol­s­ki was arrest­ed on Jan­u­ary 22, ten days after his 35th birth­day. His Telegram account was active on March 11 and April 26.

On August 26, the human rights com­mu­ni­ty declared him a polit­i­cal pris­on­er.

The jour­nal­ist had worked for the Bela­PAN media com­pa­ny before the KGB declared it an “extrem­ist group” in Novem­ber 2021.

In Octo­ber 2020, he was arrest­ed in Min­sk and jailed for 15 days.

Accord­ing to Dabravolski’s social media, after leav­ing Belarus at the end of 2021, he trav­eled around the world. In Octo­ber 2024, he returned to the Belaru­sian cap­i­tal.