Andrzej Poczobut crossed the crossing of Bobrownik-Brzostowice on 8 September and reached the household Grodna after more than 4 months in Poland. It's expected to take about a week. erstwhile political prisoner wants to meet the household and activists of the Union of Poles in Belarus, and Warsaw must closely follow its security.
Return according to erstwhile announcement
Andrzej Poczobut crossed the Polish-Belarusian border in Bobrowniki on Tuesday 8 September. The information was provided by the Polish Press Agency, citing sources akin to Polish services. Later, the writer himself confirmed that he was in Grodno, publishing a image from above Niemnie.
According to information provided by Euronews, the journey is expected to take about a week. Pochobut intends to meet his household and colleagues from the Union of Poles in Belarus. He is then to return to the United States and Canada for meetings with Polonia. This is so not a declaration of permanent settlement in Belarus.
Grodno remained his home
The decision was not sudden. After the release of Pochobut he repeatedly said that his home is Grodno and that he wanted to personally see how Belarus changed during his imprisonment. Return announcement despite deficiency of safety guarantees From the beginning, she put the Polish state before a hard duty: to respect the will of a man, while at the same time not letting go of his eyes.
The chochobut was stopped in March 2021. In February 2023, the Belarusian court sentenced him to 8 years of maximum safety penal colony. The reporter didn't take the blame. He regained his freedom on 28 April 2026 after more than 5 years of imprisonment and has since stayed in Poland.
In his interview with Euronews, he stressed that he did not ask Alexander Lukashenko for mercy, although the decision to pardon was read to him at the border. He doesn't trust the authorities in Minsk. His return is so not an expression of naivety towards the regime, but a choice of a man who feels work for the hometown and the Polish community remaining on the east side of the border.
The State has a work towards Poles in Belarus
The Polish union in Belarus is under constant force from the authorities. The organization's gathering scheduled for September was for safety reasons moved to March 2027. This reminder that the apparent thaw in relations with Minsk does not change the nature of the strategy there.
Polish diplomacy should keep contact with Pochobut and respond to any distress signal. It's not about limiting his freedom. It is about the fundamental loyalty of the state to the man who paid prison for defending Polishness and independent words.
Pochobut's attitude inspires respect, but it cannot service Warsaw as a convenient symbol for solemn speeches. The safety of a peculiar Pole and the future of Poles in Grodno and another places in Belarus are at stake. A country that remembers its citizens and compatriots abroad remains serious. A country that is limited to a declaration loses it very quickly.
Source: Euronews, Polish Radio Białystok
Source: Right.pl
