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A freed political prisoner refuses to be deported from Belarus and promptly vanishes
- Mikalai Statkevich was one of 52 political prisoners pardoned by President Alexander Lukashenko, according to reports.
- Statkevich left behind essential heart medication when he escaped from a bus heading to Lithuania.
- Lukashenko claimed that Statkevich was back in Belarus and referred to him as 'our citizen after all.'
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya stated that Statkevich's escape illustrates the issue of political prisoners being forcibly deported.
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Dozens of political prisoners pardoned by the authoritarian leader of Belarus sat on a bus waiting to cross the border with Lithuania last month, minutes from freedom. Suddenly, one of them rose, forced the door and got off, defiantly refusing to leave his homeland in what he called forced deportation.
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Total News Sources24
Leaning Left8Leaning Right2Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution47% Left
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- 47% of the sources lean Left
47% Left
L 47%
C 41%
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