Belarus Leader Claims Escaped Prisoner Is a Citizen

Mikalai Statkevich escaped to Lithuania with heart medication.
President Lukashenko pardoned 52 political prisoners, including Statkevich.
Lukashenko called Statkevich 'our citizen' after he fled Belarus.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya criticized the escape as a political prisoner deportation issue.

Politics | Prisoners | Belarus

Belarus | Lithuania

Alexander Lukashenko | Mikalai Statkevich | Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

1 month ago