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

Andrzej Poczobut, a Polish-Belarusian journalist and 2025 Sakharov Prize winner, was released from a Belarusian penal colony after five years in a US-brokered multi-country swap deal. His release was confirmed by Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who praised his return.