{"id":188065,"date":"2026-05-19T11:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188065\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:44:53","slug":"pacobut-to-address-european-parliament-next-month","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188065\/","title":{"rendered":"Pa\u010dobut to address European Parliament next month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Andrej Pa\u010dobut (Andrzej Poczobut), a Belarusian journalist of Polish descent who was released from prison last month, is expected to address the European Parliament during its June 15\u201318 session, according to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, the European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Pa\u010dobut and imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pochobut-rmf-13-05.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Pa\u010dobut says he was pardoned without seeking clemency<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 13, Pozirk. Journalist and Polish minority activist Andrej Pa\u010dobut (Andrzej Pochobut), who was released on April 28, has told Polish RMF that he had been formally pardoned despite never submitting a request for clemency. Unlike most former released dissidents &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/news\/187321\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 19, Pozirk. Andrej Pa\u010dobut (Andrzej Poczobut), a Belarusian journalist of Polish descent who was released from prison last month, is expected to address the European Parliament during its June 15\u201318 session, according to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola. Last year, the European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Pa\u010dobut and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":187316,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-188065","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pa\u010dobut to address European Parliament next month | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 19, Pozirk. 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