Belarus leader makes surprise move: dozens of prisoners walk free before election
In a pre-election development‚ **Alexander Lukashenko** freed 32 people charged with extremism. This marks the sixth group release since summer‚ while over 1000 political detainees remain behind bars
Alexander Lukashenko‚ whos been running Belarus for three decades now released another batch of prisoners - this time letting 32 folks walk free from extremism charges. Its the sixth time since mid-summer heʼs done something like this (which is kinda interesting with elections coming up in Jan)
The group had a mix of people: 8 ladies and 24 guys who all said they were sorry and asked for forgiveness. Some of them werent doing so hot health-wise - seventeen had long-term problems one was disabled and nine were over-50. Plus seventeen of them had kids waiting at home
This news fills my heart with joy but we must see the harsh reality
The police are getting ready too; theyre doing some practice-runs this week to keep things under control. Its worth noting that after the last big vote in 2020 about 30‚000 people got picked up during protests - and today more than 1‚200 political prisoners are still locked up
Speaking of prisoners: Maria Kalesnikava - one of the well-known activists finally got to see her dad recently; first time in over a year. Meanwhile Lukashenko keeps getting ready for another term (would be his seventh if he wins) even though lots of people say the last one wasnt exactly fair
