The number of political prisoners in Belarus reached 1.2 thousand. Euro MPs hope that the thaw in relations with the US will lead to the release of Andrzej Pochobut

Andrzej Poczobut became this year's winner of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, which is awarded by the European Parliament. A writer and activist of the Polish number in Belarus was sentenced to a penal colony for criticizing the Lukashenko regime. Europarlamentarians from Poland, who almost unanimously supported the candidacy of Andrzej Poczoputa to...