Belarus frees 52 political prisoners as US lifts sanctions on airline

Belarus frees 52 political prisoners as US lifts sanctions on airline
US sanctions against Belavia have been lifted (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP)

Belarus has freed 52 political prisoners as the United States announced it was lifting sanctions on the isolated country’s national airline.

Belarus, a close ally of Russia, has been repeatedly slapped with Western sanctions both for its authoritarian government’s crackdown on human rights and its role in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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