Belarusian-Polish journalist Andrzej Poczobut, jailed for years, wins Sakharov Prize as he’s part of a high-profile prisoner swap. Bio: Polish minority activist, Belarus-based reporter.
Belarus has released a handful of prisoners as part of a multi-country exchange brokered by the United States, with Poland, Moldova and Romania among those involved. Polish journalist Andrzej Poczobut is among the detainees freed, returning home after years in a Belarusian penal colony. The swap also involves Moldovan and Russian detainees and is framed by ongoing efforts to normalize Minsk’s relations with Western partners.