Nobel Peace Prize laureate and others who took on Belarus' president are among the freed prisoners
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, one of released Belarusian prisoners, smiles surrounded by his supporters as he arrives at the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)In this photo provided by the Press Service Of Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War on Saturday, Dec 13, 2025, Maria Kolesnikova, key Belorussian opposition figure, shows a sign of love siting in a bus after been released from detention in Belarus, at the Ukrainian Belorussian border. (Press Service Of Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War via AP)In this photo provided by the Press Service Of Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War on Saturday, Dec 13, 2025, Maria Kolesnikova, key Belorussian opposition figure, speaks to Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's military intelligence chief after been released from detention in Belarus, at the Ukrainian Belorussian border. (Press Service Of Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War via AP)In this photo provided by the Press Service Of Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War on Saturday, Dec 13, 2025, Maria Kolesnikova, key Belorussian opposition figure, hugs a woman after been released from detention in Belarus, at the Ukrainian Belorussian border. (Press Service Of Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War via AP)
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, one of released Belarusian prisoners, smiles surrounded by his supporters as he arrives at the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)