Grodno journalist, member of the Union of Poles of Belarus, publicist. The journalist and activist of the Union of Poles in Belarus was accused of inciting hatred and calling for sanctions. Andrey was detained on March 25, 2021. The indictment against the journalist states that Poczobut in the media called the USSR attack on Poland in 1939 an aggression. In addition, he was accused of statements in defense of the Polish minority in Belarus, articles in Gazeta Wyborcza about Belarusian protests in 2020, and a text in Magazyn Polski written in 2006 and dedicated to Anatoly Rodionik, one of the commanders of the Polish anti-communist underground in the Grodno region.
Pochobut spent more than 1.5 years in a pre-trial detention center. In October he was added to the “terrorist list.” It is known that Poczobut was offered to write a petition for pardon, but he refused.
Today he has been in the punishment cell almost continuously for six months. In IK-1 (Novopolotsk) he is regularly put under pressure, deprived of visits and transfers. Also, there are no calls from Andrey.
8 years of imprisonment in a colony.
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