Direct answer: As of the latest reporting, Andrzej Poczobut was released from Belarusian custody in April 2026 as part of a prisoner swap with Poland, after serving years of imprisonment on politically charged charges. He is reported to be receiving medical care in Poland and has expressed possible options about returning to Belarus. Please note that developments can change, so I can provide updates with citations if you’d like. [Sources include: CPJ profile and 2026 reporting on his release]
Prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that saw a total of 10 people freed as the authoritarian leader of Belarus seeks improved relations with the West, officials in both countries said Tuesday.
www.washingtontimes.comFor almost two years, the Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been in a pre-trial detention facility on the charges of incitement of hatred. However, the Belarusian regime had been persecuting him for much longer. During almost all his rule, Aliaksandr Lukashenka and his regime had a
news.houseVideo. Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, was serving eight years in prison in a case condemned as politically motivated.
www.euronews.comPolish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed from Belarusian jail, officials say Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, was serving eight years in prison in a case condemned as politically motivated. READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/04/28/polish-belarusian-journalist-andrzej-poczobut-freed-from-belarusian-jail-officials-say Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages
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www.lbcgroup.tvLast Tuesday the Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut was released by Belarus as part of a prisoner exchange with Poland. A fierce critic of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's regime, Mr Poczobut was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony in 2023. So why was he released now?
www.rte.ieOn May 26, 2023, the Belarusian Supreme Court upheld Poczobut’s sentence, according to BAJ. On June 23, 2023, the Belarusian Ministry of Interior added Poczobut to its list of people allegedly involved in extremist activity, according to BAJ. The journalist had been arrested before. In March 2006, when he was editor of magazine Magazyn Polski na Uchodzstwie, he was sentenced to 10 days in prison on charges of petty hooliganism in the run-up to the 2006 presidential elections. … Poczobut is...
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