“Today I saw Andrzej in Cologne in Nowopolack. Andrzej greet everyone, friends and strangers,” wrote Borys on the social platform.
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She added that she sent a request to the Belarusian leader Aleksander Lukashenko to free the 52-year-old Poczobut. She emphasized that the purpose of the ZPB activities is to concern the identity of Poles living in Belarus, not confrontation with the country's authorities. She assured of constant prayer for the imprisoned.
Andrzej Poczobut has been imprisoned for two years
In March 2021, the Belarusian prosecutor's office accused the Poczobut “calling for action to the detriment of Belarus” and “bringing hostility and hatred against nationality, religious and social.” In February 2023, the court in Grodno sentenced him to 8 years in prison with high rigor.
Borys has been at the forefront of ZPB since 2016; It has been the object of repression from the Belarusian justice system many times, including In March 2021, she was arrested in connection with the trial in which she was accused of “inciting ethnic hatred and rehabilitation of Nazism”, for which she was in danger of 5 to 12 years imprisonment. After a year, she was released and the allegations were withdrawn. Borys remained in Belarus after leaving the custody.
