Nobel winner Bialiatski jailed for 10 years over poll protest in Belarus
The Morning Standard|March 04, 2023
Bialiatski, who founded the authoritarian nation’s most prominent right group, has repeatedly run into trouble with security forces in Belarus, which is often described as “Europe’s last dictatorship”.
Nobel winner Bialiatski jailed for 10 years over poll protest in Belarus

BELARUS on Friday handed a 10-year jail term to Nobel Prize-winning activist Ales Bialiatski, drawing immediate condemnation internationally.

He was in the dock with two allies after they were jailed in the aftermath of historic demonstrations against the disputed re-election of Belarus strongman President Alexander Lukashenko in 2020.

The 60-year-old and his associates had been convicted of smuggling and financing “activities that grossly violate public order”, said the Viasna (Spring) rights group founded by Bialiatski.

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