2025-06-21 16:42
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2025-06-21 16:42
The leader of the Belarusian opposition Saint Cichanouska informed on Saturday on Platform X that her husband Siarhiej Cichanouski was released. “My husband Siarhiej is free! It is really difficult to describe the joy I feel in my heart,” wrote the oppositionist.
On the web, she posted a recording presenting her greeting with her husband.
In her post, Cichanouska thanked the US President Donald Trump, a special envoy of the US President for Ukraine Keith Kellogg, who met on Saturday with the leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, other members of the American administration and EU partners.
“This is not the end. 1150 political prisoners are still behind bars. Everyone must be released,” wrote the Belarusian oppositionist.
Siarhiej Cichanouski was in group 14 of released prisoners – according to the entry of the American lawyer John Coale. “Donald Trump's leadership strongly led to the release of 14 prisoners in Belarus,” wrote at the 10th lawyer, thanking the Lithuanian authorities for cooperation and help.
In 2023, the sentence of 18 years in prison was sentenced to an additional and a half year in prison for not reporting to the staff of the criminal colony.
Other political prisoners were also released
Belarusian authorities freed on Saturday 14 people, including three Poles – spokesman of the Lithuanian government, quoted by the Reuters agency. Everyone is in Lithuania and are safe – added the head of diplomacy of this country.
“14 political prisoners, including Siarhiej Cichanuski, imprisoned by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, were released. They are safe in Lithuania, where they receive proper care” – the head of Lithuanian diplomacy Kestutis Budrys wrote on platform X.
“The role of the US in their release was crucial. But this is not the end. Over a thousand hostages are still in Belarusian prisons. Everyone must be released without delay” – added Minister Budrys.
Lukashenko talked on Saturday in Minsk with a special envoy of the US President for Ukraine Keith Kellogg. His collaborator, lawyer John Coale, then wrote that “the strong leadership of Donald Trump today led to the release of 14 prisoners in Belarus.”
Sikorski: Time for more prisoners, including Andrzej Poczobut
We will continue to release the rest of political prisoners in Belarus, including Andrzej Poczobut – declared the head of Polish diplomacy Radosław Sikorski, who referred on Saturday to information about the freedom in Belarus of 14 political prisoners, including Siarhie Cichanouski.
“The free world needs you, Siarhei! My sincere joy is with you, the swiatłana Cichano and all your family. Seeing you together again, we show why years of fighting for freedom matter” – wrote Sikorski on Platform X.
He also declared that actions would still be undertaken to free the rest of political prisoners, including Andrzej Poczobut.
Sikorski thanked in the entry special envoy of the US President for Ukraine Keith Kellogg for enabling the safe release of 14 political prisoners in Belarus.
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