Belarus, Nobel Prize and Western sanctions

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Belarus releases 123 prisoners in agreement with US, including Nobel Prize winner
The Belarusian government announced Saturday that it has released 123 people, including foreigners, a Nobel Prize winner and several political opposition leaders, who were being held in prison on "espionage, terrorism, and extremism" charges.

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Belarus frees Nobel Prize laureate and opposition figures as U.S. lifts sanctions
US Lifts Sanctions on Belarus Potash as Relations Warm Up
Belarus frees Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as US lifts sanctions
Belarusian authorities on Saturday freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, a human rights advocate confirmed to The Associated Press.

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Belarusian leader pardons 123 prisoners in exchange for lifting of some sanctions
U.S. says it will lift some trade sanctions on Russia's ally Belarus
Lukashenko frees Nobel winner Bialiatski and key Belarus opposition figures in deal with US
"Thousands of people have been and continue to be imprisoned ... So our struggle continues," he said in his first public comments in the three years since he won the award.

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Belarus frees 123 political prisoners in sanctions deal with United States
Belarus frees 123 prisoners as US lifts sanctions

Belarus releases Nobel laureate, former candidate, more than 100 others

Belarus freed 123 political prisoners in exchange for relaxed sanctions, according to state news agency Belta and the presidential press service.

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.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and others who took on Belarus’ president are among the freed prisoners

Belarusian authorities have freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Viktar Babaryka, as part of a deal with Washington that lifted U.

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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