The husband of the opposition leader of Bel Santor Svetlana Tikhanovskaya unexpectedly released from Belarus prison, with other political prisoners.
Sergei Tikhanovsky was transferred to Lithuania and reunited with his wife living in the Vilnius capital exile.
At least 10 inmates were issued in general, including former RFE journalist Ihar meat.
Sudden release arrives while the special envice keith Kellogg visited Minsk on Saturday and held a meeting of the Belarusian leader of the Belarusian authority Alexander Lukashenko.
Social media footage shared by Tikhanovskaya representatives showed a couple of smiling and hugging and tikhanvsky lost in large weight in custody.
“My husband … free! It’s hard to describe the happiness of my heart,” Tikhanovskaya’s letter wrote to X.
Thanks to Donald Trump, Kellogg and “all of European allies” for their efforts to release her husband, he added: “We don’t do. 1150 need to be released.”
Other released prisoners include five Belarusian nationals and Japanese, Polish and Sweden citizens, according to Tikhanovskaya’s office. In a statement of X, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister who says 14 political prisoners received the care of Lithuania.
Maria Kolesnikova, one of the most well-known opposition leaders who were imprisoned by 2020, was still in prison, confirmed his brother.
Tikhanovskaya stood in August 2020 elections after her husband, former blogger candidates and president Tikhanovsky, carried in custody. He was imprisoned for 18 years of 2021.
Her husband was running in her place and claimed victory over the polls, thought of being targeted by Lukashenko supporters, but he forced to exile With his children the day after the vote.
Since he was the efforts to prevent Lukasheno, who had power since 1994.
Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians were estimated to leave their country since the fierce cracking of widespread protests in 2020.
Tens of thousands of people were arrested in the country for the past five years for political reasons, according to the human rights group Viasna.
