Belarus Frees Nobel Prize Winner, Key Opposition Figures in US-Brokered Deal
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya welcomes Ales Bialatski, prisoner released from Belarus, as he arrives at the U.S. embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Dec. 13, 2025. Ints Kalnins/Reuters Belarus has freed 123 political prisoners in an unprecedented deal brokered by the United States. The releases were carried out under “agreements reached with U.S. President Donald