Belarus activist imprisoned after trying to run for president released after serving 5 years

A woman stands in a hallway holding up a folder upon which is printed a black and white portrait of a smiling, bearded man.

Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a leading opposition figure in Belarus, was freed on Saturday after more than five years in prison, in the most significant move so far by President Alexander Lukashenko to try to ease his isolation from the West.

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