{"id":577164,"date":"2026-09-16T15:38:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=577164"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T13:18:07","slug":"political-prisoners-released-today-arrive-in-vilnius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/political-prisoners-released-today-arrive-in-vilnius","title":{"rendered":"Political Prisoners Released Today Arrive in Vilnius"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Political prisoners released today have arrived in Vilnius, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/viasna96\/36462\">the Viasna Human Rights Center reports<\/a>. <strong>Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya<\/strong> came to meet them.<\/p>\n<p>The 25 people were <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/full-list-of-political-prisoners-released-on-september-16-2026\">released on September 16, 2026<\/a>, following efforts by U.S. President&#8217;s Special Envoy <strong>John Coale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div 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t.me\/tsikhanouskaya<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-577164-3\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_5098.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_5098.mp4\">https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_5098.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Video: t.me\/tsikhanouskaya<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_577150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-577150\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2026-09-16_15-42-30-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-577150 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo_2026-09-16_15-42-30-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" 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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya came to meet them. The 25 people were released on September 16, 2026, following efforts by U.S. President&#8217;s Special Envoy John Coale. 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