Polish journalist faces prosecution in Belarus
31 Mar 2011Belarusian authorities have filed charges against journalist Andrzej Poczobut. Poczobut works for the Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza. He is charged with insulting the Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in articles that were published in the newspaper and on a Belurasian news website, Belarussky Partizan. The charges against Poczobut could result in a two year prison sentence if convicted. Poczobut, who has faced harrasment at the hands of Belarusian authorities before, including being arrested, insisted that he would not leave the country despite the persecution.
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