Full List of Political Prisoners Released on September 16, 2026

The Reform.news editorial team has learned the full list of 25 people released on September 16, 2026, as a result of the efforts of U.S. presidential envoy John Coale.

The following Belarusian political prisoners have been released:

1. Pavel Petruchenia
2. Andrei Aliaksandrau
3. Iryna Zlobina
4. Liudmila Chekina
5. Pavel Belavus
6. Tatsiana Kuzina
7. Yana Pinchuk
8. Alena Lazarchyk
9. Dzmitry Navazhylau
10. Dzmitry Halavach
11. Sviatlana Yakubovich
12. Yauhen Yushkevich
13. Andrei Tsaliuk
14. Yauhen Burlo
15. Anastasiya Lazarenka
16. Ales Chumakou
17. Kiryl Pazniak
18. Andrei Yaremchyk
19. Volha Stroyeva
20. Dzianis Salmanovich
21. Dzmitry Kolas
22. Illia Verameyeu
23. Siarhei Rabtsau
24. Kiryl Hniazdzilau
25. Yanina Pazniak

The political prisoners released today were taken to Lithuania.

As a reminder, following negotiations between Aliaksandr Lukashenka and U.S. presidential envoy John Coale, the Belarusian authorities promised to release 25 people in exchange for the lifting of sanctions on Lakokraska and Bellesbumprom. Coale also said that the release of political prisoners and the lifting of sanctions would continue.

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Photo: Asta Andrijauskienė