Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed as part of prisoners swap

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.”

Detained by the Belarusian authorities in 2021, Poczobut was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony after a process widely condemned as politically motivated to silence critics.…