Andrzej Poczobut [SEP] country of citizenship
Andrzej Poczobut
Andrzej Poczobut ( "Andrej (Andzhej) Pačobut", 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.
2010 he went on a hunger strike.
On the morning of 14 June, 2011, Bantser was stopped by the militia in front of his home in Grodno. In this way he was prevented from making his way to the local courtroom to attend the process of Andrzej Poczobut. For the remainder of the day he was held in solitary confinement. The following day he was convicted to 5 days of arrest and charged for "uncensurable vocabulary". His case was considered in the militia building instead of the courts. Under