Polish-Belarusian Journalist Jailed for 8 Years in Belarus

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Belarus on Wednesday sentenced Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, who reported critically on President Alexander Lukashenko's
years in a penal colony with enhanced security," Viasna said on its website
He was found guilty of taking part in "actions harming national security" and "inciting hatred."The 49-year-old was sentenced in the western
city of Grodno, on the Polish border, where he was based.Poland, Belarus's EU-member neighbor, has condemned the case and called for his
release
illusions, I will take the sentence calmly and with a calm conscience go to prison," he said in a letter published by his newspaper ahead of
1994.