Verdict to journalist Poczobut upheld

• 20.09.2011, 10:58

On September 20, the Hrodna region court dismissed the cassation appeal of local journalist Andrzej Poczobut against the decision of the Leninski district court.

We remind that on July 5 the court of the Leninski district of Hrodna found a correspondent for Polish Gazeta Wyborcza guilty in violating part 1 of article 367 (libel against the president). The journalist was accused of publishing a number of articles criticizing the acting authorities. Poczobut was given three years’ sentence suspended for two years. The trial was held behind closed doors.