President of Belarus pardons 15 convicts

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 15 convicted persons.

Report informs, citing BELTA, that Lukashenko signed the corresponding decree.

Five women and three men who committed extremist crimes were pardoned. Five of them have children, and one woman is pregnant.

Seven people (including three women) convicted of illegal drug trafficking were also pardoned. Six of them committed crimes as minors. One convict who committed a crime as an adult was diagnosed with cancer.

Over the past year, the President of Belarus has pardoned 293 people (including 89 women and 17 people who committed crimes as minors).