Belarus Frees Key Opposition Figure Siarhei Tsikhanouski Following Rare Visit From Top US Envoy

Belarus opposition leader's husband urges Trump to help free other prisoners

After his unexpected release, Sergei Tikhanovsky broke down describing his five years in solitary confinement

Trump could free all Belarus's political prisoners 'with a single word,' released oppositionist Tsikhanouski says

"President Trump now has the power and opportunity to free all political prisoners in Belarus with a single word. And I ask him to do so, to say that word," Siarhei Tsikhanouski said in his first press conference after his release.

Belarus activist imprisoned after trying to run for president released after serving 5 years

Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a leading opposition figure in Belarus, was freed on Saturday after more than five years in prison, in the most significant move so far by President Alexander Lukashenko to try to ease his isolation from the West.

Belarus frees jailed opposition leader, more than a dozen others after visit from U.S. envoy

U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, the highest-profile visit of a U.S. official to the authoritarian state in years.

Belarus opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski freed from jail after rare visit by top US envoy

Mr Tsikhanouski was arrested after he announced he would run for the presidency against Alexander Lukashenko in the 2020 election. As he was detained and subsequently sentenced to 18 years in prison, his wife Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya ran in his place and took over the opposition.

Lukashenko pardons 14 prisoners, including opposition figures — spokeswoman

Sergey Tikhanovsky is among them, Natalia Eismont said