Belarus frees political dissidents Bialiatski, Kolesnikova and others
By RFI Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has locked up thousands of his opponents, critics and protestors since an election in 2020 that rights groups widely said was rigged and triggered weeks of unprecedented protests across the country. Kolesnikova was the star of the 2020 street protests that almost toppled Lukashenko — in power since 1994



