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January 26, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> American national Anastassia Nuhfer has been released from detention in Belarus, the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He linked the release of the woman whom Washington considers innocent to the “leadership” of the new US President Donald Trump. Rubio did not disclose any further details, noting only that Nuhfer was detained during Joe Biden’s presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news comes as Belarus is holding its seventh presidential election where Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, in power since 1994, wants to secure another term in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rights defenders do not have any information on Nuhfer and her persecution in Belarus. The Viasna Human Rights Center reported that she is 48 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has welcomed the release, expressing gratitude to the US for \u201cadvocacy on her behalf and for all political prisoners in Belarus.\u201d \u201cEvery one of them must be freed. We will continue to fight for the release of all unjustly detained,\u201d she has said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier today, \u0141uka\u0161enka has claimed that he had direct contact with the US without interference from exiled Belarusian opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About a week ago, the state-run ONT<\/em> TV channel aired an interview with Belarusian-US lawyer Jura\u015b Ziankovi\u010d, serving a sentence for alleged conspiracy to assassinate \u0141uka\u0161enka. Earlier, the same channel aired interviews with journalists associated with the US-funded RFE\/RL \u2013 political prisoners Andrej Ku\u017anie\u010dyk, Ihar \u0141osik and Ihar Karniej.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last September, Ziankovi\u010d was allowed to reach out publicly to Trump, then a candidate in the US election, asking for help to return to the US as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Opposition leader praises Trump for pioneering sanctions against \u0141uka\u0161enka in 2020<\/h3>\n
January 21, Pozirk. Donald Trump was the United States president to introduce the first sanctions against Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his cronies in 2020, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said, commenting on Trump's inauguration yesterday. The new US administration has many …<\/div>\n \n