Andrzej Poczobut fulfilled his intention, which he voiced immediately after his release, and visited Belarus. He spent a week in his homeland. The trip went safely: the former political prisoner was not detained and was not thrown back behind bars. Just as successfully, he managed to return to Poland. What did this trip bring—both to Poczobut himself and to Belarusians and the Polish minority in Belarus? Why did Lukashenka allow his personal enemy to come home? We analyze this with political analyst Valery Karbalevich and human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka. Interrogation at the border and a police officer's visit home