A statement on his website says Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 20 more people that rights activists describe as political prisoners.

According to Belarusian propaganda media, Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 20 political prisoners. This is already the eighth group granted pardon this year. Eleven women and 14 individuals with chronic illnesses have been released.

Poland aims to complete a border wall and seal off its border with Belarus by next summer, in order to stop an influx of migrants Warsaw describes as Russia’s hybrid war. The additional infrastructure works along its 400km eastern border that the government of Donald Tusk announced earlier this year are on track to be completed by mid-2025,

Poland plans to complete its fortified border wall and close the border with Belarus by next summer, aiming to curb what it sees as Russia's and Belarus's "hybrid war" through illegal migration, Polish Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Duszczyk told the Financial Times on Dec.

Poland is fast-tracking the completion of a fortified border wall with Belarus.