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Jailed journalists in Belarus, Georgia win EU’s Sakharov human rights prize

Journalist Andrzej Poczobut stands in a defendants' cage during a court session in Grodno, Belarus on 16 January 2023. AP - Leonid Shcheglov

Brussels (AP) – Imprisoned journalists Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli from Georgia won EU’s top human rights award, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced on Wednesday.

Andrzej Poczobut is a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. He was convicted of “harming Belarus’ national security” and sentenced to eight years, which he is serving in the Novopolotsk penal colony.

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