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Former political prisoners appeal to EU leaders to prioritize ending repression

A symbolic yellow tag reading
A symbolic yellow tag reading "political prisoner" on the coat of former prisoner Siarhei Hunya. Warsaw, Poland. February 6, 2025. Photo: Belsat

A group of former political prisoners has addressed an open letter to leaders, parliamentarians, diplomats, and government officials of the EU, the UK, Switzerland, and Norway, calling for a more active stance on freeing people from Belarusian prisons and ending repression in the country.