Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Polish Journalist Convicted for Criticism of Lukashenko in Belarus

Polish journalist, Andrzei Poczobut, was convicted in Belarus for defamation of Belarusian authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko. Poczobut, who works for a major Polish newspaper “Gazeta Wiborcza,” was sentenced to a three-year prison term, with a two-year suspension of the sentence. Experts believe that the sentence is nothing but revenge by the Belarusian KGB leaders for Poczobut's criticism.

http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2011/07/05_a_3686425.shtml

http://www.svaboda.org/content/article/24255754.html

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