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Journalist Andrzej Poczobut stands in a defendants' cage in court in Grodno, 16 January, 2023

Video. Belarus frees journalist Andrzej Poczobut in prisoner swap

Updated: 28/04/2026 - 14:43 GMT+2

Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, was serving eight years in prison in a case condemned as politically motivated.

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