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Apr 16, 1973 Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa, Belarus 51 years old
Belarusian journalist
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About Andrzej Poczobut
- Andrzej Poczobut (Belarusian: ?????? (??????) ??????? Andrej (Andzhej) Pacobut, born 16 April 1973 in Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa) is a Belarusian and Polish journalist and activist of the Polish minority in Belarus.
- He lives in Hrodna, Belarus. A correspondent for the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Poczobut has been arrested more than a dozen times by the government of Belarus.
- In 2011, he was sentenced to a fine and fifteen days in prison for "participation in the unsanctioned protest rally" following the 2010 presidential election.
- In 2011 and 2012, he was arrested and detained for allegedly libeling President Alexander Lukashenko in his reports.
- The charges against Poczobut received international condemnation, with groups including the European Parliament, Reporters Without Borders, and Amnesty International issuing statements in his support.
