{"id":185567,"date":"2026-04-29T15:07:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185567\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:08:03","slug":"coale-hoping-to-secure-release-of-more-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185567\/","title":{"rendered":"Coale hoping to secure release of more prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>US special envoy John Coale is hoping to secure the release of additional prisoners from Belarus next month in exchange for possible sanctions relief, <em>Reuters<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/us-envoy-says-belarus-may-free-more-prisoners-next-month-2026-04-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coale said sanctions were \u200bnot part of the talks that led to the release of journalist Andrej Pa\u010dobut and four others yesterday, \u200bbut signaled that additional releases could trigger further easing of restrictions.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pochobut-tusk-x-20260428-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pochobut-tusk-x-20260428-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pochobut-tusk-x-20260428-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pochobut-tusk-x-20260428-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pochobut-tusk-x-20260428-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pochobut-tusk-x-20260428.jpg 1418w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk releases journalist Pa\u010dobut, others in five-for-five exchange<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 28, Pozirk. Minsk has released and handed over to Poland journalist and Polish minority activist Andrej Pa\u010dobut (Andrzej Poczobut), as well as Polish monk Grzegorz Gawe\u0142, as part of a five-for-five exchange at the Belarusian-Polish border. Belarus also handed &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/185444\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 29, Pozirk. US special envoy John Coale is hoping to secure the release of additional prisoners from Belarus next month in exchange for possible sanctions relief, Reuters reported. Coale said sanctions were \u200bnot part of the talks that led to the release of journalist Andrej Pa\u010dobut and four others yesterday, \u200bbut signaled that additional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":154966,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-185567","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Coale hoping to secure release of more prisoners | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 29, Pozirk. 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