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Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka released 250 prisoners as a result of his talks with US special envoy John Coale in Minsk earlier today, said Belarus\u2019 opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja in her Telegram channel. As many as 235 stayed in Belarus, while 15 former prisoners have been taken to Lithuania and are receiving necessary assistance, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":93879,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-180106","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus releases 250 political prisoners after talks with US envoy | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 19, Pozirk. 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