Radio Liberty journalist released from Belarus detention
Trump Administration Secures Release of Radio Liberty Journalist Andrey Kuznechyk from Detention in Belarus
RFE/RL welcomes news of Andrey’s release and is grateful to the American and Lithuanian governments for their support.
After more than three years of imprisonment in Belarus, Radio Liberty journalist Andrey Kuznechyk (pictured) has been freed.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President Stephen Capus said: “This is a joyous day for Andrey, his wife, and their two young children. After more than three years apart, this family is together again thanks to President Trump. We are also grateful to Secretary Rubio and his team, and to the Lithuanian government for their support.
We remain hopeful that our journalist Ihar Losik will also be released and look to the Trump administration for its continued leadership and guidance.”
Andrey Kuznechyk is a veteran journalist with Radio Liberty, known in Belarus as Radio Svaboda.
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