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Polish activist released from Belarusian prison

Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz said that Borys (pictured in 2019) was feeling quite well and that she needed rest and convalescence at the moment. Tomasz Gzell/PAP

Andżelika Borys, the leader of the Union of Poles in Belarus (ZPB), has been released from a Belarusian prison, the spokesman for the Polish foreign ministry told PAP on Friday.

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