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Claim 661

The total length of his detention before the 2026 exchange.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The total length of his detention before the 2026 exchange.
Field: status
Value: Held 1,860 days before release
About: incident 2023-belarus-sentences-poczobut
Source: Belarus frees journalist Andrzej Poczobut
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2026-04-28

Quotation from the source

Poczobut had been detained for 1,860 days, having been held since March 2021 before his February 2023 sentencing to eight years in prison.