FILE - Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Vyasna rights group, sits in a defendant's cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan. 5, 2023. The wife of Bialiatskian, an imprisoned ...

Belarusian Laureate Ales Bialiatski went on trial Thursday in the capital, Minsk, on charges that human rights activists widely view as bogus. If found guilty, he faces up to 12 years in jail.

Following his conviction, 47 Belarusian NGOs signed a public statement condemning the verdict and calling for Bialiatski’s immediate release. This call was echoed by the Office of the UN High ...

The trial of Belarusian rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski is “simply politically motivated” and he should be released, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on ...

The UN Human Rights Office on Friday urged Belarus to drop charges against Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and two other rights defenders. "Bialiatski faces up to 12 years in jail. Two ...

UN Experts Urge Belarus to Free Nobel Winner Bialiatski From Prison (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus, was detained and ...

WARSAW — She has not seen her husband, the new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, since a few days before his arrest in July 2021, and still has not been told when and for what he will ...

The UN urged Belarus to release Nobel laureate and Viasna founder Ales Bialiatski, jailed since 2021 amid Lukashenko's crackdown following the 2020 election. Over 35,000 were detained, revealing ...

A United Nations panel of human rights experts called on Belarus to release the Nobel Peace Prize-winning founder of the country's most respected rights group, who has been behind bars for three ...

FILE - Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Vyasna rights group, sits in a defendant’s cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan. 5, 2023.