Ales Bialiatski, who won Nobel prize while behind bars, is freed from prison in Belarus

The wiry, silver-haired Bialiatski, 63, was freed just three days after exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya ...

Maria Kalesnikava, hero of Belarus opposition, freed after more than 5 years

Kalesnikava, now 43, was a flautist who spent 12 years living in Germany before making what she called an unlikely and ...

Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions

The release of the prisoners, including a Nobel laureate and two opposition leaders, was part of a monthslong rapprochement ...

Belarus frees Nobel Prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as US lifts sanctions

Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison.