29 minutes agoBelarus sentenced Nobel Peace winner to 10 years in prison
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)A Belarusian Court has sentenced Ales Bialiatski, the top human rights attorney in Belarus, and one of the winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to 10 years in prison. Bialiatski and three other key figures at the Viasna Human Rights Centre, which he founded, were condemned for financing protests [...]
Bialiatski and three other key figures of the Viasna Human Rights Centre were condemned for financing antigovernmental protests
They were arrested and imprisoned after mass protests for the 2010 elections that gave President Alexander Lukashenko a new mandate.
Lukashenko, who has held this post since 1994, has oppressed opponents and hit independent news media.
The charges against Bialiatski and his colleagues were linked to obtaining Viasna's money for political prisoners and helping pay their legal fees.
Sviatana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Belarusian opposition movement, called it “shameful injustice”.
