Andrzej Poczobut, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Andrzej Poczobut

Belarusian journalist

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1973

Place of Birth: Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa, Belarus

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: Belarus

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Andrzej Poczobut (Belarusian: ?????? (??????) ??????? Andrej (Andzhej) Pacobut, born 16 April 1973 in Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa) is a Belarusian and Polish journalist and activist of the Polish minority in Belarus.
He lives in Hrodna, Belarus. A correspondent for the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Poczobut has been arrested more than a dozen times by the government of Belarus.
In 2011, he was sentenced to a fine and fifteen days in prison for "participation in the unsanctioned protest rally" following the 2010 presidential election.
In 2011 and 2012, he was arrested and detained for allegedly libeling President Alexander Lukashenko in his reports.
The charges against Poczobut received international condemnation, with groups including the European Parliament, Reporters Without Borders, and Amnesty International issuing statements in his support.