MINSK, Dhu-AlQa'dah 07, 1436, August 22, 2015, SPA -- Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko has pardoned six jailed opposition figures, including Nikolai Statkevich who was imprisoned after running against him for the presidency in 2010, his administration said on Saturday, Reuters reported. Lukashenko, who has been in power in the small ex-Soviet republic since 1994 and is running for a fifth consecutive term in an election in October, had been motivated by humane principles, his press service said. --SPA 22:14 LOCAL TIME 19:14 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w