On March 30, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met in Vilnius with former political prisoners who were released and forcibly transferred to Lithuania on March 18. The meeting was attended by a representative of the “Volnyya” initiative and Viachaslau Zhukau from “Strana dlya Zhizni”.
Participants discussed the health condition of former political prisoners and the need for medical assistance, as well as issues related to documents, housing, and employment. Support for families affected by repression was also discussed.
Tsikhanouskaya expressed hope that the former political prisoners would return to normal life as soon as possible.
“For me, it is very important to see you free and to have the opportunity to hear each and every one of you. You have gone through difficult trials. Our task is to do everything possible so that you feel care and safety and can recover and return to a full life as quickly as possible,” Tsikhanouskaya said.
It should be recalled that on March 19, following talks between John Coale and Aliaksandr Lukashenka, the release of 250 political prisoners was announced. Of them, 235 were allowed to remain in Belarus, while 15 were transferred to Lithuania without passports. Some of them later moved to Poland.
