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Held in Minsk court Nobel Peace Prize laureate prosecutor at the hearing Ales Byalyatsky for 12 years of deprivation of liberty.
He is accused of smuggling and tax evasion. Human rights organizations and Western governments of accusations political He says that he is motivated and they say that he is talking about an authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenkois about the revenge of
On February 9, the prosecutor asked the Lenin District Court to sentence Byalyatski’s co-defendants – Vlayantsin Stefanovic and Uladzimer Labkovic – to 11 and 9 years respectively.
The fourth defendant Zmitser Solovyova in absentia 10 a year in prison was requested.
The first three defendants have been in jail since July 2021 and will face charges if convicted. judge can cut them 12 years of work.
The three men in question are accused of bringing money from abroad to Belarus to “finance the illegal activities” of the human rights group Vyasna (Bahar) in the country.
Byalyatsky is the chairman of Vyasna organization.
Lukashenka’s elections
Byalyatsky, who spent his whole life fighting for democracy and human rights in his country, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 together with the Russian Memorial human rights organization.
Former name of Vyasna Human Rights Center is Vyasna-96. Organization in 1999 NGO received the status.
This NGO 20Year 01 the president due to the monitoring conducted during the election 20Belarus in 03 Ali It was banned by the court.
The main business of the organization political protecting the rights of prisoners and supporting them.
NGO Since its inception, it has faced harassment and persecution by the Lukashenka regime.
Belarusian authorities 2020falsified the president after his election, he banned non-governmental media and human rights organizations in the country.
Although the authoritarian Alyaksandr Lukashenka was declared the winner in this election, European Union and the West did not recognize his presidency, and the real winner is the leader of the opposition Svyatlana Tsikhanovskaya they said.
Mass protests following the election were brutally suppressed, with thousands of protesters detained and strong evidence of torture.