Journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed as part of US-brokered Polish-Belarusian prisoner swap – as it happened
by Jakub Krupa from World news | The Guardian on (#758HF)
Sakharov prize winner was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony in Belarus in 2021
Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, the 2025 Sakharov prize winner, has been freed from Belarusian prison.
His release has been confirmed by Poland's prime minister Donald Tusk, who posted a picture of him on social media saying: Andrzej Poczobut is free! Welcome to your Polish home, my friend."
Both have paid a heavy price for speaking truth to power, becoming symbols of the struggle for freedom and democracy."
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