Belarus released 123 political prisoners Saturday, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava, as the Trump administration announced it would lift sanctions on Belarusian potash. President Trump’s envoy John Coale told Reuters that about 1,000 political prisoners left in Belarus could be released in the coming months. Here’s Viktar Babaryka, a former Belarusian presidential candidate who was freed over the weekend.

Viktar Babaryka: “Those who come out or those who speak publicly should not talk about how they were or what they felt, because, in reality, there are still many people inside the system who, depending on what we say, will usually face negative consequences.”