Belarus releases political prisoner Yushkevich after 3-year sentence

Yevgeny Yushkevich, a former investigator and founder of the ByChange project, was released from prison in Belarus on September 16, per Viasna. The release follows a pattern of selective amnesties in Belarus, but the conditions and broader implications for other political prisoners remain unclear. This may signal a slight softening in Minsk's stance, though it is not a systemic change.