Belarus opposition leader’s husband Sergei Tikhanovsky freed from prison
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s husband was unexpectedly released from the prison in Belarus with other political prisoners.
Sergei Tikhanovsky moved to Lithuania and comes together again with his wife living in exile in the capital Vilnius.
It is understood that at least 10 prisoners, including former RFE journalist Ihar report card, have been released.
The sudden version came because the US special ambassador Keith Kellogg visited Minsk on Saturday and held a meeting with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.
The images on the social media shared by Tikhanovskaya representatives show that the couple smiles and hugs, and Tikhanovsky seems to have lost too much weight in custody.
Tikhanovskaya, “My husband … Free! It is hard to describe the joy in my heart,” Tikhanovskaya wrote.
Donald Trump, Kellogg and “All European Allies” for his efforts to release his husband, added: “We are not finished. 1150 Political prisoners remain behind the bars. All must be released.”
According to Tikhanovskaya’s office, other released prisoners include five Belarus citizens and Japanese, Poland and Swedish citizens. X said in a statement, Lithuanian Foreign Minister said that 14 political prisoners took care in Lithuania.
His sister confirmed that Maria Kelesnikova, one of the best opposition leaders who was imprisoned after the mass protests of 2020, is still in prison.
Tikhanovskaya, her husband, former blogger and presidential candidate Tikhanovsky’nin was taken into custody after the August 2020 elections stopped. He was imprisoned for 18 years in 2021.
His wife ran to his place and claimed victory in the surveys that were commonly thought to be fraudulent by Lukashenko fans, but he forced to exile The day after the vote with their children.
He has pioneered his efforts to resist Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994.
It is estimated that they have abandoned their country since the brutal pressures against widespread opposition protests in 2020, hundreds of thousands of Belarus.
According to the Human Rights Group Viasna, tens of thousands of people have been arrested in the country in the country in the last five years.
