Journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed from prison in Belarus in US-brokered swap deal
Sakharov prize winner was given eight-year sentence after process widely condemned as politically motivated
The Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, the 2025 Sakharov prize winner, has been freed after five years in a Belarusian penal colony as part of a US-brokered multi-country swap deal.
His release has been confirmed by Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, who posted a picture of him on social media, https://x.com/donaldtusk/status/2049084209185112412">saying: “Andrzej Poczobut is free!
Welcome to your Polish home, my friend.”
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