{"id":105146,"date":"2024-09-16T16:27:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T13:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/105146\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lukasenka-pardons-37-ahead-of-national-unity-day","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/105146\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka pardons 37 political prisoners ahead of National Unity Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed an edict pardoning 37 people sentenced for &#8220;extremist&#8221; crimes, his press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;gesture of humanism&#8221; comes ahead of National Unity Day, September 17, the report said. Those pardoned include six women, according to <em>Pul Pervogo<\/em>, \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s unofficial Telegram channel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of them have chronic illnesses, are disabled or are pensioners, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka pardoned about 80 political prisoners in the last two months, but more than a 1,000, including key political figures, remain in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka claims exiled opponents don\u2019t care about political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 10, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 exiled opposition cares only about &quot;grants and funding,&quot; not political prisoners, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has told officials. The Belarusian ruler noted that no one thanked him for signing the edicts pardoning his jailed political opponents who, he &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/104295\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 16, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has signed an edict pardoning 37 people sentenced for &#8220;extremist&#8221; crimes, his press office reported. The &#8220;gesture of humanism&#8221; comes ahead of National Unity Day, September 17, the report said. Those pardoned include six women, according to Pul Pervogo, \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s unofficial Telegram channel. 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