Andreeva, Loiko And Palchis: 250 Political Prisoners Were Released

• 19.03.2026, 17:33

(Updated) Most of them will stay in Belarus.

Lukashenko's regime released political prisoners after the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy John Cole.

250 political prisoners were released, 15 of them were deported from Belarus to Lithuania.

The names of the released are given by the website of the human rights center "Viasna":

Katerina Andreeva, Kirill Kazei Alexander Kozlyanka, Dmitry Kuban Andreeva, and Kirill Kazei.org/be/news/119844">"Viasna":

Katerina Andreeva, Kirill Kazei, Alexander Kozlyanko, Dmitri Kubarev, Nikolai Kuleshov, Anastasia Loika, Sergei Movshuk, Aleksei Melnikov, Eduard Palchis, Kim Samusenko, Pavel Shpetny, Valentin Stefanovich, Denis Zhelezko, Nikita Zolotarev.

Earlier it was reported that yesterday, March 18, at least two Belarusian colonies removed some political prisoners. According to human rights activists, they were taken out of colony No. 15 in Mahiliou and colony No. 1 in Navapolatsk.