Belarus, what does President Lukashenko's pardon of 30 political prisoners mean?

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced on Wednesday that he will pardon another 30 political prisoners, the third release of political prisoners in the last three months. The names of those who will be released have not been made public, but the most famous political prisoner, the opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava, is not expected to be among them. She along with two other women, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Veronika Tsepkalo, led a joint campaign for change against Mr Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election. Nevertheless, Ms. Kalesnikava's sister, Tanya Khomich, hopes that these pardons are a message to the world that Mr. Lukashenko may be willing to agree to the release of other political prisoners in exchange for some concessions. Ms. Khomich also hopes that Mr. Lukashenko, who has been in power in Belarus for 30 years, may be thinking about his personal future and may be open to calls from Western countries to release prisoners. “Lukashenko does not want to be forgotten after peace has returned to Ukraine”, Ms. Komich told VOA. “Also, he does not want Belarusian territories to be touched by Russia.” Ms. Kalesnikava's case has an added urgency because she and Belarus' top political prisoners have not been …

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