Donald Trump intervened to pardon the 14 Political Prisoners in Belarus. “It was a request for the US President.”
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukașenko released 14 political prisoners on Saturday, 21, including the opposition leader, Sergei Tihanovski.
Aleksandr Lukașenko/photo: Profimedia
“The president decided to grace 14 convicts. It was a request for the US President.”said Natalia Eismont, the spokesman for the Presidency Belaruse, for the Russian news agency TASS.
The opponent Sergei Tihanovski, the husband of the well-known Opposite Svetlana Tihanovskaia, was released from prison, along with 13 other political prisoners, the international press agencies announced, citing the Belarus Viasna and opponents of the opponent.
Shortly after the news, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, welcomed the release of the opponent Belarus.
“It is a fantastic news and a symbol of hope for all political prisoners who suffer under the brutal regime of (President Belarus Aleksandr) Lukaşnko. Europe continues to urge their immediate releasewrote von der Leyen on the social network X.
Tihanovski was an influential blogger before becoming the main opposition candidate who provoked Lukashenko in the 2020 elections. He was in prison in May 2020.
The video-blogger was sentenced to 18 years in prison for four charges, namely because it would be “organized mass revolts”, “incited to hatred in society”, “disturbed public order” and “obstructed the electoral commission.”
