Belarus frees more prisoners while simultaneously cracking down on dissent

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 16 more prisoners, continuing his selective releases while also cracking down on dissent. Read More

Belarus keeps up crackdown on dissent even as authorities free some prisoners, rights group says

Last month, the Belarusian government pardoned and released 14 prisoners, but at least 60 more people were arrested on politically motivated charges, said Pavel Sapelka, a rights advocate with the ... Read More

Belarus frees 14 political prisoners after rare visit by US envoy. Many more remain.

Key dissendent figure Siarhei Tsikhanouski, longtime radio correspondent Ihar Karnei, and 12 others walked free after authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko met with a top U.S. official in Minsk ... Read More

Relatives of Belarus' Political Prisoners Complain That East-West Swap Didn't Free Their Loved Ones - U.S. News & World Report

Relatives of Belarus' Political Prisoners Complain That East-West Swap Didn't Free Their Loved Ones TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A wave of disappointment swept over opposition activists in Belarus ... Read More

Belarus frees 14 political prisoners following talks with US

The regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko released 14 political prisoners on 21 June, the day Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine, visited Minsk. Source: ... Read More

Belarus’ authoritarian leader pardons 30 out of some 1,400 political prisoners - WTOP News

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 30 prisoners convicted for taking part in protests, the presidential office said Friday. Read More

Nobel laureates call on Belarus' leader to release all political prisoners - Voice of America

Tallinn, Estonia — Dozens of Nobel Prize laureates are calling in an open letter on Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to free all political prisoners, after 18 seriously ill ... Read More

Belarus leader frees 23 political prisoners in re-election pardon - Al Arabiya

Belarus leader frees 23 political prisoners in re-election pardon AFP, Warsaw Published: 18 January ,2025: 01:33 PM GST Updated: 18 January ,2025: 01:41 PM GST ... Read More

Belarus Frees US Political Prisoner Yuras Zyankovich After Nearly 4 Years In Prison - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Zyankovich's release comes amid a troubling backdrop of ongoing repression in Belarus, where over 1,300 political prisoners remain jailed, and more than 65,000 people have been arrested since the ... Read More

Belarus Issues New Pardons, But Hundreds Of Political Prisoners Remain - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

This marks the seventh instance of political prisoner pardons in Belarus this year, bringing the total number of individuals set free to 178. Pavel Sapelka of the Vyasna human rights monitor was ... Read More

Nobel laureates urge Lukashenko to free more Belarus political prisoners

Fifty-five Nobel prize winners have signed an open letter urging Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to free more political prisoners after a human rights group said 18 were released at the ... Read More

Relatives of Belarus' political prisoners complain that East-West swap didn't free their loved ones - The Detroit News

The Viasna human rights group estimates Belarus has about 1,400 political prisoners, including its founder and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski. Like many top opposition figures ... Read More