10 years in prison for Nobel Prize-winning Belarusian activist

A Belarusian court has sentenced human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to 10 years in prison.

According to the Belta news agency, the Minsk court has decided in the case against the directors of the non-Belarusian human rights organization “Vesna”. In the case in which Bialiatski and other administrators were accused of “smuggling” and “preparing, organizing and participating in acts that seriously disturb public order”, the court sentenced the defendants to between 7 and 10 years imprisonment. prison.

Consequently, the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner Bialiatski was sentenced to 10 years, Valentin Stefanovic to 9 years, Vladimir Labkovic to 7 years and Dmitriy Solovyev, who was not present at the trial, to 8 years. The decision can be appealed within 10 days of its publication.

The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to human rights defender Ales Bialiatski from Belarus and to the human rights organizations Memorial and Center for Civil Liberties from Russia and Ukraine. (AA)