Belarus opposition leader's husband freed from prison

Sergei Tikhanovsky, the husband of Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, has been released from prison in Belarus after five years. Sergei, an opposition activist, has been moved to Lithuania, reuniting with Svetlana in exile in Vilnius. The unexpected release coincided with a visit from US special envoy Keith Kellogg to Minsk, indicating a potential diplomatic breakthrough for Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. However, despite the release, Belarus still has hundreds of political prisoners behind bars, signaling ongoing political repression in the country.