Belarusian leader Lukashenko pardons 20 people jailed for "extremism"

Meeting of Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Russia's Leningrad region
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the Igora resort in the Leningrad region, Russia, December 26, 2024. Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Source: Sputnik

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 20 people who were convicted of extremism, state media reported on Saturday.

"All of them applied for pardon and repented of what they had done," state news agency Belta said citing Lukashenko's press-service.

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