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  1. Who is Andrzej Poczobut and why did Belarus release him?

    Last 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?

    mediafaro.org/article/20260503

    #AndrzejPoczobut #Belarus #Poland #Lukashenko #Journalism

  2. Imprisoned journalists from Belarus and Georgia win the EU's Sakharov Prize for 2025.

    The European Parliament awarded the European Union's top human rights honour, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli from Georgia, EP President Roberta Metsola announced on Wednesday.

    mediafaro.org/article/20251022

    #SakharovPrize #AndrzejPoczobut #MziaAmaglobeli #EuropeanParliament #FreedomOfThought #Journalism #Media #Reporting #HumanRights #Belarus #Georgia