{"id":184374,"date":"2023-03-03T13:25:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T10:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/?p=184374"},"modified":"2023-03-03T13:25:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T10:25:33","slug":"belarus-sentences-nobel-winner-bialiatski-to-10-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/belarus-sentences-nobel-winner-bialiatski-to-10-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus sentences Nobel winner Bialiatski to 10 years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-184376\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ales-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ales-1.jpeg 1000w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ales-1-300x199.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ales-1-768x510.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ales-1-696x462.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ales-1-633x420.jpeg 633w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A court in Belarus has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>He was convicted of smuggling and financing &#8220;actions grossly violating public order&#8221;, the Viasna human rights group said.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of Mr Bialiatski, 60, say that the authoritarian regime of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is trying to silence him.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bialiatski was one of three winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested in 2021 following massive street protests over widely disputed elections that kept Belarus&#8217;s long-time leader in power the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators were met with police brutality and Lukashenko critics were regularly arrested and jailed during the demonstrations, which started in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bialiatski was in court alongside two fellow campaigners, Valentin Stefanovich and Vladimir Labkovich.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Stefanovich was sentenced to nine years in prison, while Mr Labkovich received seven years, according to rights group Viasna, which Mr Bialiatski founded in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>All three had earlier pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Belarus&#8217;s exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said the sentencing was &#8220;simply appalling&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must do everything to fight against this shameful injustice and free them,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184375\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/799935a_5627503-01-06.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/799935a_5627503-01-06.jpeg 664w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/799935a_5627503-01-06-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/799935a_5627503-01-06-631x420.jpeg 631w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court in Belarus has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison. He was convicted of smuggling and financing &#8220;actions grossly violating public order&#8221;, the Viasna human rights group said. Supporters of Mr Bialiatski, 60, say that the authoritarian regime of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is trying to silence him. 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