Belarus transfers 52 prisoners to Lithuania, President Nausėda says

Belarus has handed over 52 prisoners to Lithuania, President Gitanas Nausėda said on X.

“No man left behind! 52 prisoners safely crossed the Lithuanian border from Belarus today, leaving behind barbed wire, barred windows and constant fear. Among them, which is especially important to me, were 6 Lithuanians," Nausėda said, Caliber.Az reports.

“I am deeply grateful to the United States and personally to President Donald Trump for their continued efforts to free political prisoners. 52 is a lot. A great many. Yet more than 1,000 political prisoners still remain in Belarusian prisons and we cannot stop until they see freedom!” the president said.

Meanwhile, the Telegram channel Pul Pervogo states that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders, decided to pardon several foreign nationals.

“At the request of the President of the United States and other heads of state, as a gesture of goodwill and based on principles of humanity, the President of Belarus has decided to pardon several foreign nationals convicted of espionage, participation in extremist and terrorist activities, and other crimes committed on the territory of the Republic of Belarus,” the report said.

The channel said a total of 14 foreign nationals were pardoned: six from Lithuania, two each from Latvia, Poland, and Germany, one from France, and one from the United Kingdom.

By Khagan Isayev