Pablo González, during one of his jobs as a correspondent. /
Oihana Goiriena was able to spend two hours with the detainee, who had not been able to see his family for eight months
Eight months after he was jailed in Poland accused of espionage when covering the war in Ukraine, the Basque journalist Pablo González has been able to enjoy his first visit. The “exciting meeting” with her partner, Oihana Goiriena, lasted two hours yesterday, “extraordinary time granted by the prison authorities”, and under the “strict surveillance of a Polish Intelligence officer”, as she detailed in a statement published in social networks.
Although brief, the meeting was intense and highly anticipated. Less than a week after serving nine months in the Radom prison and “after 267 days without contact with her family,” Goiriena is pleased to have found him in good health. “He has lost a lot of weight, but he looks healthy,” he told Radio Euskadi. “He is fine physically and mentally,” she pointed out.
During the visit “he has been very encouraged” and he updated him “up to date on everything that has happened these months with respect to his children and his family both in Spain and in Russia,” said the journalist’s partner, after emphasizing that “a large part What has generated his current situation is nothing other than his dual nationality and the profession he performs.
New court hearing
He also took the opportunity to convey the many signs of support he has received in recent months. «Pablo has expressly asked me to thank everyone who cares about his situation. Knowing that he is no longer alone fills him with energy to continue firm in this battle that will not be short or easy, but that we are going to fight together until we are able to free him so that he can return home and resume his life ».
Until then, the wait could be extended even more. The Przemysl court will decide on Thursday whether or not to extend the preventive detention of González, who at the end of this month will celebrate nine months since his arrest in this Polish town, where he reported on the refugee crisis caused by the Russian invasion in Ukraine. .