Andrzej Poczobut, a leading figure in Belarus’s Polish minority, is serving eight years in prison on political charges.

Andrzej Poczobut, a leading figure in Belarus’s Polish minority, is serving eight years in prison on political charges.
She was accused of offending religious feelings and maliciously interfering with the public performance of a religious act.
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