Nobel Peace Prize winner sentenced to 10 years in prison
- March 3, 2023
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Human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ales Bialiatski was sentenced this Friday to 10 years in prison court in Belarus, his country of origin. He was found
Human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ales Bialiatski was sentenced this Friday to 10 years in prison court in Belarus, his country of origin. He was found guilty of financing protests and smuggling. His sentence will have to be served in a strict regime colony in Minsk.
Byalyatsky, 60 years old, received Nobel Prize in October 2022 for his fight for human rights and democracy in Belarus, where the former head of the Soviet agrarian Alexander Lukashenko, which is a true ally of Russia, has been in power for almost 30 years. Lukashenka is known for locking up his opponents or forcing them to flee the country.
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Together with Bialiatsky, three others human rights activists They were convicted of smuggling and financing collective actions that violate public order.
According to information circulated by European media, the Belarusian authorities said that the activists had been operating as part of an organized criminal group since 2016 in order to use the Viasna Center and other organizations for illegal activities.
Belarusian state news agency Belta confirmed to international media that Bialiatski denies the allegations against him.
I’m being persecuted for political reasons.
The leader of the Belarusian opposition, in exile after persecution in her country and who ran for the presidency of Belarus in 2020, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, argued that Bialiatski and three other activists had been wrongfully convicted. He called the verdict “terrible”.
“We must do everything possible to fight this shameful injustice and free them,” he wrote on Twitter. appealed to the international community unite in solidarity in defense of Bialiatski and other activists.
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The other three convicts were Valentin Stefanovichsentenced to nine years Vladimir Labkovichup to seven years and Dmitry Solovyovby the age of eight, but was not present at the trial.
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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