Overview

• Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said 52 detainees entered Lithuania safely and thanked the United States for mediating.
• Belarusian authorities said 14 of those expelled are foreign nationals from Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
• U.S. envoy John Coale reported moves to ease some sanctions, including measures affecting Belavia, and said Washington is interested in reopening its embassy in Minsk.
• The rights group Viasna said former presidential candidate Nikolai Statkevich was among those freed, while there was no word on Maria Kolesnikova.
• Activists estimate that Belarus still holds well over 1,000 political prisoners despite the latest releases.