Belarusian leader Lukashenko pardons 20 people jailed for "extremism"
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
MOSCOW (Reuters) - 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.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
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