Complete List Of Political Prisoners Released On September 16

• 16.09.2026, 13:37

The released prisoners were transported to Lithuania.

Human rights activists have published a complete list of Belarusian political prisoners released on September 16:

Andrei Aleksandrov, manager at Belapan

Pavel Belous, founder of the cult store Symbal.by

Yevgeny Burlo, member of the band Tor Band

Ilya Veremeev, convicted for messages in Telegram chats at the start of the war

Dmitry Golovach, member of the band Tor Band

Kirill Gnezdilov, former police officer and IT specialist

Irina Zlobina, owner of a flower shop, detained in connection with the BY_help case

Dmitry Kolos, publisher

Tatyana Kuzina, political scientist

Elena Lazarchik, activist with “European Belarus”

Anastasia Lazarenko, attorney

Dmitry Novozhilov, director of the Belapan news agency

Kirill Poznyak, journalist

Yanina Poznyak, journalist

Pavel Petruchenya, convicted for “The Black Book of Belarus”

Yana Pinchuk, Telegram channel administrator, extradited from Russia

Sergei Ryabtsev, convicted for comments following Zeltser’s death

Denis Salmanovich, convicted for Telegram channels

Olga Stroeva, a 67-year-old businesswoman from Gomel

Andrei Tsalyuk, an activist from Brest

Ales Chumakov, a musician with “Stary Olsa”

Lyudmila Chekina, director of Tut.by

Evgeny Yushkevich, former investigator and IT specialist

Svetlana Yakubovich, volunteer with the Gomel chapter of “Viasna”

Andrei Yaremchik, member of the band Tor Band

The day before, John Cole met with Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk. One of the topics of discussion was the release of prisoners. Prior to his visit to Belarus, the U.S. Special Envoy was in Vilnius, where he discussed, among other things, the situation with Belarusian political prisoners with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budris.

Earlier, Cole stated that he expects further prisoner releases in Belarus around mid-September.