Belarus released 25 political prisoners in exchange for the lifting…
Belarus released 25 political prisoners in exchange for the lifting of US sanctions. US special envoy John Coul released photographs of the 25 former Belarusian political prisoners, who were released from prison the previous day and transported to Lithuania, according to Radio Liberty - Belarus.
Coverage (6 sources)
- Main events for September 16 — Дождь (Telegram)
- Lukashenko pardoned 25 political prisoners with US assistance. But the number of political prisoners in the country is not becoming smaller... — Настоящее Время
- Belarus freed 25 political prisoners in exchange for lifting US sanctions — SOTAvision
- 25 Belarusian political prisoners have already gone free — Настоящее Время
- In Belarus, political prisoners are beginning to be released. 25 people should go free — DW Главное
- In Belarus, 362 people were recognized as political prisoners since the last major pardon in March — Настоящее Время
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