What prisoners did Belarus release?
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Belarus released 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialycki and protest leader Maria Kolesnikova, as part of a deal with the U.S. to lift some sanctions. Many released are considered political prisoners, with some holding U.S., Ukrainian, and Japanese citizenship.
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CBC News
3 hours agoBelarus releases political prisoners as U.S. lifts some sanctions
Among those released are Nobel laureate Ales Bialycki, imprisoned since 2021 and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 for human rights work, and Maria Kolesnikova, jailed in 2020 for her role in the largest protests in Belarus's modern history.