Andrzej Poczobut

Affiliated media: Gazeta Wyborcza, Freelance journalist

Incident date: June 2, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Hrodna-based journalist Andrzej Poczobut is not given heart medication, which he needs to take every day, in pre-trial detention centre № 1 in Minsk. This was reported by the journalist’s wife. Andrzej Pochobut has been detained on March 25, 2021, in a criminal case «for incitement to hatred» (Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus).