Poland has imposed sanctions on 365 Belarusian citizens with links to the state after the Belarus Supreme Court upheld the eight-year prison sentence for Andrzej Poczobut, a journalist and Polish minority leader. Some “are responsible for the politically-motivated sentence against Andrzej Poczobut, passed based on false charges,” he added. The list also features business representatives and people linked to the irregular migration flows to Poland and other Baltic states. Those featured on the sanctions list were reportedly engaged in court proceedings concerning the participants of anti-government protests, gathering information about protesters, but also using physical and mental violence against the opposition and discriminating against the Polish minority in Belarus, among other things. He was also an activist of the Union of Poles in Belarus (ZPB), a Polish minority organisation de-legalised by Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 30, 2023 05:11 UTC