Video: Belarus frees prisoners after US lifts potash sanctions

Al JazeeraFiled 2025-12-14 · 11:11 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min

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Following the lifting of US sanctions on potash, Belarus released prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatsky and activist Maria Kolesnikova, on December 14, 2025. The prisoners were reunited with their families in Ukraine and Lithuania. The release was part of a deal with the US related to the sanctions relief. The specific reasons for the US lifting the potash sanctions to secure the prisoners' release were not detailed in the article. The article highlights the reunions of the freed individuals with their loved ones after their imprisonment in Belarus.

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Ales Bialiatsky is a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

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Ales Bialiatsky and Maria Kolesnikova were among those released.

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Released prisoners reunited with loved ones in Ukraine and Lithuania.

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The prisoner release is part of a sanctions-relief deal with the US.

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Prisoners were released from jail in Belarus.

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NewsFeedPrisoners released from jail in Belarus as part of a sanctions-relief deal with the US have reunited with their loved ones in Ukraine and Lithuania, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatsky and activist Maria Kolesnikova.Published On 14 Dec 2025

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