MOSCOW, March 5 (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 18 prisoners, of whom 15 were serving sentences for “extremism”, a charge often used against opponents of his government, a Telegram channel linked to his administration said on Thursday.
(Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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