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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski was released Saturday after more than four years in a Belarusian prison, describing solitary confinement and inadequate medical care.

Belarus freed 123 prisoners, including Bialiatski, in exchange for the U.S. lifting sanctions on the authoritarian government.

Bialiatski vows to fight for the 1,110 political prisoners still behind bars, warning that Belarus continues detaining new prisoners even as others are released.

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski arrived for an interview with the Associated Press on Sunday in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, directly from a dentist appointment.

The 63-year-old vetera

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