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Belarus' president pardons 30 political prisoners

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardons 30 people who were serving prison sentences for "protest-related crimes" It's the third time in three months that the authoritarian leader has pardoned prisoners.

There are about 1,400 political prisoners behind bars in Belarus , including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski .

Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya welcomed the pardons and said there are " thousands of innocent political prisoners".

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