# Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardons 15 more people, including 13 convicted of ‘extremist’ crimes

https://mins.news/en/item/72704

- Meduza, 2026-09-24 16:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/24/belarusian-president-alexander-lukashenko-pardons-another-15-people-including-13-convicted-of-what-it-calls-extremist-crimes

> Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree pardoning 15 people, according to BelTA. Thirteen were convicted of what the agency called “extremist offenses,” and 10 of those pardoned are women. Their names were not released. Hundreds of political prisoners remain in Belarus; rights group Viasna estimates more than 800.

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