Belarus has freed 52 prisoners, and they have crossed into Lithuania, the Lithuanian president said on Thursday. In June, Belarus freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and 13 others following a rare visit by a senior envoy from the Trump administration. Last month, US President Donald Trump spoke to Belarus’ authoritarian president, Alexander , about the release of more prisoners.”I am deeply grateful to the US and personally to President @realDonaldTrump for their continued efforts to free political prisoners. A great many. Yet more than 1,000 political prisoners remain in Belarusian prisons, and we cannot stop until they see freedom!” Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda wrote on X. Nauseda said the prisoners, who included six Lithuanians, safely entered Lithuania, “leaving behind barbed wire, barred windows and constant fear.”