Poland Imposes Strict Sanctions Against Belarus After 'Draconian' Sentencing of Journalist
- Poland has imposed sanctions on 365 Belarusian citizens and frozen the financial assets of 20 entities and 16 other people associated with Russian capital.
- The sanctions include lawmakers, judges, prosecutors, members of state media, athletes, and people working for state enterprises.
- Poland says the charges against him are unjust and politically motivated.
- The sanctioned individuals are banned from entering the European Union's passport-free Schengen zone and will have any funds held in Poland frozen.
- Poland accuses Belarus of artificially creating a migrant crisis on the border by flying in people from the Middle East and Africa and attempting to push them across the frontier.