Alexander Sdvizhkov

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Alexander Sdvizhkov is a journalist from Belarus working for Zgoda one of the few free journals in Belarus.He has been jailed for 3 years for printing cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.[1]"We did the right thing by speaking out against Islamic hysteria," Sdvizhkov said.[2]He is currently being held at the Belarusian Interior Ministry's transfer prison in Minsk, with no means of communication and no date set to hear is appeal.[3]The arrest is the first arrest in Europe since the Danish Cartoons issue came up.


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  1. ^ Belarus sentences journalist over Mohammed cartoons
  2. ^ Belarus Paper Reprints Muhammad Cartoons
  3. ^ Freedom Remains Elusive for Journalist in Belarus Jailed for Printing Islamic Cartoons
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