Quoted by the state agency BielTA Łukaszenko stated Thursday that the Polish side had given up talks about the release of Andrzej Pochobut. - They gave up Pochobut. The Poles even refused to discuss Pochobut,” said the dictator. He besides emphasized that the writer did not want to go to Poland.
Paweł Wroński said that it is precisely the opposite: Poland has repeatedly held talks about the imprisoned journalist. “I think everyone in Poland knows what Lukashenko should do: simply release an innocent man from prison,” said the MFA spokesman. He added that the decision to go to Poland or stay in Belarus should belong only to Pochobut.
Andrzej Pochobut has been in prison since 25 March 2021, erstwhile he was detained. In 2023, the Minsk government accused him of “inciting hatred” and “rehabilitation of Nazism”. The writer is serving a punishment of 8 years in a penal colony.
