American Wrongfully Detained in Belarus Freed, Rubio Confirms

Secretary of State confirmed the release, praising Trump’s efforts to bring detained Americans back home.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the audience during a final news conference as part of the meeting of NATO ministers of foreign affairs at NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 4, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

An American detained in Belarus has been freed, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed on April 30, marking a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Washington and Minsk amid ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to repatriate Americans wrongfully imprisoned abroad.

“No president has done so much, so quickly, to keep Americans safe abroad,” Rubio wrote in an April 30 post on social media platform X.