The trial of the Nobel laureate begins in Belarus
Nobel Peace Prize laureate in Minsk on January 5 Ales Byalyatsky and the brawl of three more people begins. 60-year-old Byalyatsky is the founder of “Vesna-1966” human rights group.
Three employees of Vyasna are on trial along with him. They are accused of financing anti-government protests and money laundering, and can be sentenced to up to 12 years in prison. One of the accused is tried in absentia.
Proponents of accusations political they say it was aimed at revenge, but Byalyatsky himself did not comment on the accusations. His lawyer is related to the case information it is forbidden to give.
Alexander Lukashenko 2020in August the president after the announcement of the winner of the election, mass protests began in the country, hundreds of Belarusians were detained, torture saw
Byalyatsky was detained in 2021 together with two employees of “Vesna-1996”.
“Vesna-1996” provided legal and financial assistance to hundreds of Belarusians detained during the protests. The agency informs employees that the charges are related to its human rights activities.
Byalyatski and colleagues argue that human rights defenders “political prisoner” have been included in the list. Currently, up to 1,500 are in Belarusian prisons political It is reported that the prisoner is.
Human rights defenders 2020They say that up to 50,000 people were detained for participating in protests and criticizing the government.
The 2022 Nobel Prize, together with Byalyatsky, was awarded to the Russian human rights group “Memorial” and Ukraine It was given to the Center for Civil Liberties.