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August 7, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The name of journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) “came up” during negotiations on the recent major US-Russia prisoner swap, Jacek Siewiera, head of Poland’s National Security Bureau, has told TVP Info<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such talks are never easy, he said, without commenting on details. The official pledged to keep up efforts to free Poczobut from the Belarusian prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Negotiations with Minsk on the release of the opposition activist, who criticizes the authoritarian government both as a Belarusian and a Pole, should be conducted “on several fronts,” he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ongoing talks are accompanied by economic and political pressure as well as pressure from third countries, Siewiera stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2023, a Belarusian judge sentenced Poczobut to eight years in prison on charges of inciting hatred and calling for sanctions that harmed the national security of Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, Poland closed the Bobrowniki checkpoint at the shared border with Belarus, linking its reopening to Poczobut\u2019s release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Warsaw working its way toward release of Poczobut – interior minister<\/h3>\n
August 6, Pozirk. Poland is looking for "the most favorable way" to secure the release of journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) held in a Belarusian prison, Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak has told TVN24. The official commented on the recent …<\/div>\n \n