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Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski describes Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski arrived for an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, direct from a dentist appointment. The 63-year-old veteran human rights advocate — looking pale,

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Belarus releases 123 prisoners in agreement with US, including Nobel Prize winner and opposition leader
Belarus frees 123 prisoners as US lifts sanctions
Belarus releases 123 political prisoners after U.S. eases sanctions
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, pictured at a press conference in January, agreed to release 123 political prisoners on Saturday in exchange for the United States dropping its crippling san...

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Belarus frees Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as US lifts sanctions
Ales Bialiatski, who won Nobel prize while behind bars, is freed from prison in Belarus
Belarus frees Nobel Prize winner, opposition figure as US lifts sanctions
“We’re lifting sanctions, releasing prisoners. We’re constantly talking to each other,” he said, according to Belta.

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Lukashenko frees Nobel winner Bialiatski and key Belarus opposition figures in deal with US
Belarus Frees Nobel Prize Laureate, Other Prominent Political Prisoners As U.S. Lifts Sanctions

Balloons from Belarus are causing chaos in Lithuania. Is it smugglers or a hybrid attack?

It says the balloons have been "weaponised" in an act of hybrid warfare by Belarus, Russia's closest ally. It is happening just as Moscow's own shadow war on Europe is escalating again with a wave of arson and sabotage attacks that officials link to Russian intelligence.

Belarus frees Nobel Prize laureate and opposition figures as U.S. lifts sanctions

Belarus had previously faced Western sanctions for its crackdown on human rights and for allowing Moscow to use its territory in the invasion of Ukraine

Released Belarus prisoners have no regrets over their actions

Two prominent Belarusian opposition leaders released by Belarusian authorities in a deal brokered by the U.S. said on Sunday they had no regrets over the actions that led to their incarceration.

Scores of migrants cross into Poland through hidden Belarus border tunnel

More than 180 migrants crossed into Poland through a tunnel hidden in a forest on the border with Belarus, frontier guards said on Friday.

Iran's Foreign Minister to Visit Russia and Belarus, Foreign Ministry Says

DUBAI, ‌Dec ​14 (Reuters) - Iran's ‌Foreign Minister, ​Abbas ‍Araqchi, ​will ​visit Russia ⁠and Belarus in the ‌next two to ​three days, ‌foreign ‍ministry spokesperson ⁠Esmail Baghaei said on ​Sunday. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Turkmenistan on ​Friday.

Belarus leader hosts US envoy as he seeks to improve his country’s ties with the West

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West.
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