President Komorowski still formulating response to journalist imprisonment

President Komorowski’s office has issued a statement on the prison sentence given to a Polish-Belarusian journalist in Minsk, saying Poland’s head of state is consulting with the Foreign Ministry and local community organisations on an appropriate response.

At the weekend the Union of Poles in Belarus called, via an open letter, for President Komorowski to condemn the 15 day prison sentence given to journalist Andrzej Poczobut for taking part in “an unsanctioned protest” on 19 December in the Belarusian capital.

The President’s Office in Warsaw said, Monday afternoon, that “the aim of [the consultations] is to work out the most effective response of the Polish head of state concerning the arrest of Andrzej Poczobut”.

The President’s Office announced the consultations are to take place within the coming days and information on their course and outcome shall be made available to the public.

At the same time, the office revealed that the official letter sent to President Komorowski by the Union of Poles in Belarus has not yet arrived in Warsaw.