Politics

UPDATE: 14 prisoners, incl. opposition leader Tsikhanouski, freed by Belarus in US-brokered deal

 21.06.2025, 16:20
Siarhei Tsikhanouski has been incarcerated since 2020, for challenging Aleksandr Lukashenko in the presidential election. Photos: Screengrab from X/@Tsikhankouskaya ; Roman Kubanskiy / MozgON via Wikimedia Commons
Siarhei Tsikhanouski has been incarcerated since 2020, for challenging Aleksandr Lukashenko in the presidential election. Photos: Screengrab from X/@Tsikhankouskaya ; Roman Kubanskiy / MozgON via Wikimedia Commons

Three of the prisoners were Belarusian, nine from Europe, and two from Japan.