Belarus frees prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut in prisoner swap
The swap included three Poles and two Moldovans, and U.S. negotiators said it followed lengthy talks aimed at easing tensions with the West.
- On Tuesday, officials confirmed prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut was released from a Belarus prison as part of a 10-prisoner swap with Poland.
- Serving eight years in prison, Poczobut was a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza in a case condemned as politically motivated.
- Trump's special envoy for Belarus, John Coale, confirmed that three Poles and two Moldovans were released as part of the exchange involving 10 total prisoners.
- Hailing the release, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski described Poczobut as a symbol of the fight for freedom and the effectiveness of the Polish state.
- This exchange follows the recent release of 250 political prisoners in March, marking stronger diplomatic relations between Minsk and the West during Trump's second term.
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Polish-speaking journalist Andrzej Poczobut was released after five years of imprisonment in Belarus as part of an exchange of prisoners. The 53-year-old, who had reported on the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper and belonged to the Polish minority in Belarus, was arrested in 2021 and sentenced to eight years in prison in 2023. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk personally welcomed him on the border.
Belarus released five prisoners in exchange for five detainees from Polish prisons. One of them is a human rights award-winning journalist.
After five years in prison, the Lukashenko regime in Belarus releases Polish-born journalist Andrzej Poczobut. The US is said to have played a major role in the mediation of the prisoner exchange.
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