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Belarus frees at least 8 journalists unjustly detained for years
Aravot
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The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of at least eight Belarusian journalists, who were among 52 political prisoners freed on Thursday as the United States announced it was lifting sanctions on Belarus’ national airline. “CPJ...
Việt Nam - Belarus’s top priority partner in Southeast Asia: Belarusian Deputy PM
Vietnam News Agency
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MOSCOW – Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sivak has affirmed that Việt Nam remains Belarus’s top priority partner in Southeast Asia, while speaking at a recent event marking the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution...
Vietnam - Belarus’s top priority partner in Southeast Asia: Belarusian Deputy PM
VietnamPlus
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September 14, 2025
Moscow (VNA) – Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sivak has affirmed that Vietnam remains Belarus’s top priority partner in Southeast Asia, while speaking at a recent event marking the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution...
Freed Belarus prisoners: Prominent opposition leader refuses forced exile
Euronews
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September 13, 2025
As part of a deal brokered by the United States, which lifted some sanctions on the Belarusian national airline Belavia, Minsk released 52 prisoners last Thursday. Those included 14 foreign nationals from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, France...
Natalia Radzina: New Leaders Will Emerge In Belarus
Charter 97
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10 Belarusians have understood and realized a lot of things in recent years. Natallia Radzina, editor-in-chief of the website Charter97.org, was a guest of YouTube channel of the well-known journalist Evgeny Kiselev. One of the topics of...
Belarus Confiscates Passports of Released Political Prisoners, Sparks...
ImpACT International
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In September 2025, Belarus made headlines for the release of 52 political prisoners under a deal brokered by the United States, which coincided with the easing of certain sanctions on Belarus’s national airline, Belavia. However, this gesture...
Natalia Radzina: New Leaders Will Emerge In Belarus
Charter 97
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10 Belarusians have understood and realized a lot of things in recent years. Natallia Radzina, editor-in-chief of the website Charter97.org, was a guest of YouTube channel of the well-known journalist Evgeny Kiselev. One of the topics of...
Belarus frees 8 more journalists as US eases sanctions on state airline
JURIST
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September 12, 2025
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) celebrated on Thursday the release of at least eight Belarusian journalists, part of a group of 52 political prisoners freed as the US eased sanctions on Belarus’ state airline Belavia. Gulnoza Said,...
Belarus: Freed prisoners were forcibly deported — opposition
Deutsche Welle
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September 13, 2025
Dozens of political prisoners who were released by Belarus as part of a US-brokered deal this week were forcibly deported, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a leader of the Belarusian opposition, said Friday. Minsk freed 52 prisoners on Thursday as part...
Belarus: Release of 52 prisoners “welcome” but without accountability repression persists
Amnesty International
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September 12, 2025
Reacting to the release of 52 people imprisoned under politically motivated charges, including journalists, independent trade union leaders and activists, in Belarus, Anna Wright, Regional Researcher for Amnesty International, said: “The release...
Belarus frees 52 prisoners as US lifts some sanctions
Taipei Times
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September 12, 2025
Belarus freed 52 political prisoners on Thursday as part of a deal brokered by the US, which lifted some sanctions on the country’s national airline. It was another sign of a possible rapprochement between Washington and Minsk, a close ally of...
Belarus releases 52 political prisoners, including Latvian citizens
Baltic News Network
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September 12, 2025
Belarus has released 52 political prisoners, among them two Latvian citizens, and all of those freed have been handed over to Lithuania, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced on Thursday. The released include opposition activists,...
Belarus Opposition Denounces Forced Deportation of Political Prisoners as Repression
Mezha
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September 11, 2025
Franak Vyachorka, Belarusian opposition activist, journalist, researcher, and media expert, delivers a speech during the 10th anniversary of the Lviv Media Forum on May 17, 2024, in Lviv. Getty Images/Les Kasyanov Advisor to the leader of the...
A released political prisoner who refused to leave the country has disappeared in Belarus
Babel
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The whereabouts of Mykola Statkevych (69), the leader of the Peopleʼs Community party and a former presidential candidate in Belarus, who was released from prison along with other political prisoners on September 11, are unknown. Statkevychʼs...
Belarus frees 52 political prisoners in US-brokered deal
The Express Tribune
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September 11, 2025
Belarus on Thursday freed 52 political prisoners, including an EU staff member, journalists, and dissidents -- a release mediated by the United States as Minsk seeks closer ties with President Donald Trump. Tens of thousands of Belarusians took to...
Belarus frees political prisoners in exchange for easing of US sanctions
BBC
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September 11, 2025
ShareSave Alexander Lukashenko met the US special envoy in Belarus ahead of the prisoner releases Dozens of political prisoners have been freed from Belarusian prisons as part of a deal between authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko and US...
Belarus Frees 52 Prisoners, Including Veteran Dissident, Journalists
International Business Times
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September 11, 2025
Belarus on Thursday freed 52 political prisoners, including an EU staff member, journalists, and dissidents -- a release mediated by the United States as Minsk seeks closer ties with President Donald Trump. Tens of thousands of Belarusians took to...
Activist Of "European Belarus" Maksim Viniarski - At Large
Charter 97
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1 Maxim Viniarsky He has been incarcerated since January 2021. Activist of the civil campaign "European Belarus" Maksim Vinyarski has been released from Lukashenko's prison. This is reported by the human rights center "Viasna". Maksim Viniarski...
Belarus frees 52 prisoners after Trump appeal
BDNews24
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Belarus released 52 prisoners of various nationalities on Thursday after an appeal from US President Donald Trump, and they headed to Lithuania with the US delegation that negotiated their release, the US embassy in Vilnius said. Trump had called...
Belarus frees prisoners amid thawing US relations
BusinessLIVE
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Vilnius — Belarus released 52 prisoners of various nationalities on Thursday after an appeal from US President Donald Trump and they were headed to Lithuania with the US delegation that negotiated their release, the US embassy in Vilnius said....