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Claim 662

Scale of ongoing imprisonment reported at the time of his release.

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

Statement
Scale of ongoing imprisonment reported at the time of his release.
Field
status
Value
22 other journalists remained imprisoned in Belarus
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

22 journalists remained imprisoned in Belarus as of April 28