Journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed from prison in Belarus in US-brokered swap deal

The Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, the 2025 Sakharov prize winner, has been freed after five years in a Belarusian penal colony as part of a US-brokered multi-country swap deal. 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! …