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flag Belarus freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski, in a deal tied to U.S. sanctions relief.

flag Belarus has released 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and opposition figures Maria Kalesnikava and Viktor Babariko, in a deal linked to U.S. sanctions relief. flag The release, announced on December 13, 2025, followed diplomatic talks involving a U.S. envoy and marks a rare shift in Belarus’s relations with the West. flag Bialiatski, 63, had been imprisoned since 2021 on politically motivated charges tied to his human rights work with Viasna. flag The U.S. is set to lift sanctions on Belarus’s potash industry, a key export sector, as part of the agreement. flag The freed individuals, including five Ukrainian citizens, were taken to Lithuania and Ukraine. flag International human rights groups welcomed the move but cautioned that lasting change depends on continued reforms.

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