Yuras Karmanau | The Associated Press
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An independent journalist in Belarus has been arrested on charges of high treason, the latest move in a relentless crackdown on media and free speech by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko’s government, a media rights watchdog said Thursday.
Danil Palianski, a reporter from the city of Brest, was arrested in September and has remained behind bars, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists. The 53-year-old journalist faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.