MINSK. Nov 20 (Interfax) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned more than 30 people convicted of extremist crimes, the First Man's Pool Telegram channel close to the Belarusian presidential press service said on Wednesday.
"The president pardoned another 32 people convicted of committing extremist crimes. These are eight women and 24 men," the Telegram channel said.
"All of them pleaded guilty, repented and applied for pardon. Seventeen people have chronic diseases, and one is disabled. Seventeen convicts have children, two of them have many children. Nine of the pardoned are over 50 years old," it said.
Lukashenko pardoned 31 people convicted of extremist crimes on November 7, 67 in September, and 30 in August.
Lukashenko said in late October that the commission led by the Belarusian general prosecutor would deal with the pardon of those convicted of extremist crimes. He also said he was willing to consider the petition for pardon filed by Maria Kolesnikova, who headed Viktor Babariko's headquarters during the presidential campaign in Belarus in 2020. After Babariko's arrest, she became a representative of the joint headquarters of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.