Belarus Jails Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ales Bialiatski For Ten Years

 

Reuters: Nobel winner Bialiatski jailed in Belarus for a decade, sparking outcry. 

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court on Friday sentenced Belarus’ top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to 10 years in prison, the latest move in a yearslong crackdown on dissent that has engulfed the ex-Soviet nation since 2020. 

The harsh punishment of Ales Bialiatski and three of his colleagues was delivered in response to massive protests over a 2020 election that gave authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko a new term in office.  

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WNU Editor: You know we are living in dark times when a 60 year old Nobel Peace Laureate has spent the past year and nine months in jail, and has just been sentenced to spend another ten years. 

Belarus Jails Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ales Bialiatski For Ten Years  

Ales Bialiatski: Nobel Prize-winning activist sentenced to 10 years in jail -- BBC  

Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in prison in Belarus -- CBC/AP  

Belarusian Nobel Laureate Byalyatski Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison -- RFE  

Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in prison by Belarusian court -- CNN  

Who is Belarusian Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski? -- Al Jazeera