The United Kingdom says,

The double citizen of Britain-Belruz Julia Fenner, who is the wife of a British diplomat, has been released from prison from Belarus as part of a wider release agreed with the United States.

She received a long prison last month after being detained at the border when he entered Belarus in March 2024.

The United Kingdom Minister Stephen Dowti said “it is a great news that a British citizen is brought home.”

Fifty -two prisoners were released from Belarus on Thursday as part of an agreement between US President Donald Trump and authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, who is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In return for the release of political prisoners, the United States said it would facilitate some sanctions on the Belarusian airline Bellavia, which would allow the carrier to buy parts for his aircraft.

Stephen Douti called the release “significant breakthrough” and thanked the United States for “significant diplomatic efforts to secure this result.”

The released prisoners included trade union leaders, journalists and activists, but more than 1,000 political prisoners remain in prison in Belarus.

Julia Fenner had previously worked at the British Embassy in Minsk before marrying British diplomat Martin Lanner, according to the Human Rights Group 97 Charter, Martin Fenner has been the Minsk mission deputy for four years in early 2000s.

Another right group, Spring 96, acknowledged G -ja Fenener as a political prisoner who was imprisoned in a penal colony.

Although the reason why Belarus accuses her has never been explained, she has been accused of two articles from the Penal Code for active participation in actions that grossly violate public order and the assistance of extremist activity.

The whole opposition has been canceled by Belarusian authoritarian leader Lukashenko, 71 -year -old, who has been in power since 1994.

He described the release of the 52 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture after meeting with Donald Trump’s special envoy John Coale in Minsk capital on Thursday.

At a press conference on Friday, opposition opposition leader Svetlana Tihanovskaya thanked the President of the United States for securing the release of prisoners.

Approximately 1,300 political prisoners remain in prison in Belarus, but Tihanovskaya said the release of 52 prisoners on Thursday was a step in the right direction.

“What happened yesterday was not real freedom,” she warned. “It was a forced deportation.”

The opposition leader added that he was “very worried about the fate of Mikola Statkevich” – a veteran dissident who refused to leave Belarus yesterday and move to Lithuania.

Tihanovskaya yesterday publishes photos online that appeared to show 69-year-old Mr. Statkevich, sitting in anyone’s land on the border.

Statkevich stood against Lukashenko during the 2010 presidential election and was in prison for five years when he was released.

Tihanovskaya said his whereabouts were already unknown, but he added “anyone who is released has the right to choose or to stay or to leave.”

Spring 96 said that G -n -Statkevich “wants to be with his men in all conditions” and adds “He will only leave when Belarus is free from Lukashenko.”

Lukashenko praised the United States that they are occupying a “very constructive position of so -called political prisoners,” according to Belarusian State News Agency Bella.

“We do not need political prisoners or other prisoners,” he quoted.

Many of those still in custody were arrested during a brutal repression in 2020, when the protests broke out against the presidential election, widely convicted as forged.

Lukashenko has long named Vladimir Putin as his “greater brother”, and the Russian leader helped him during the protests in 2020.

In February 2022, Putin used Belarusian territory to launch his full -scale invasion in Ukraine, and on Friday, the two countries began five days of joint military exercises.

NATO members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, who all share the border with Belarus, are on the lookout because of the Zapad-2025 training. Poland has closed its borders with Belarus, and Latvia has closed some of its airspace.