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This photo taken from video released by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Office on Saturday, June 21, 2025, shows Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, back to a camera, going to hug her husband Syarhei Tsikhanouski, during their meeting at the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Office via AP)

Belarus frees dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski and 13 others after a rare visit from top US envoy

Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, following a rare visit by a senior U.S. official.
 
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Belarus frees dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski and 13 others after a rare visit from top US envoy

Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and 13 others following a rare visit by a senior U.S. official, Tsikhanouskaya’s team announced on Saturday.
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FILE - Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, centre, holds a portrait of her jailed husband Syarhey Tsikhanousky attending a protest demanding freedom for political prisoners in Belarus, in front of the Belarus Embassy, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, March 8, 2024. Belarus’ exiled opposition leader said Thursday, May 2, 2024, that she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband for 421 days. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

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