29.11.2011 Amnesty International launches campaign to support Ales Byalyatski

Amnesty International has launched a campaign to gather appeals to the Belarusian authorities demanding to immediately release head of Viasna human rights centre Ales Byalyatski.

29.11.2011 Latin America human rights defenders join campaign of solidarity with Ales Bialiatski

"Today in Mexico we presented the Annual Report of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. The presenters included human rights defenders from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela. At the end of the presentation we took the photo that is attached. Please accept it as a symbol of our support and solidarity at this difficult time and of our hope that justice will prevail and Ales Bialiatski will soon be free", says a letter of support recieved by the Human Rights Center Viasna from Latin America.

28.11.2011 Sign a petition for the release of Ales Bialiatski!

Representatives of the Belarusian civil society, who have publicly denounced the illegal conviction of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, call upon their colleagues, ordinary citizens and international community to support the imprisoned activist and request his immediate release.

28.11.2011 OSCE PA calls for release of Belarusian rights defender

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly leaders today expressed deep disappointment with yesterday's ruling in the case of Ales Bialiatski, leader of the Belarusian human rights organization Viasna.

28.11.2011 Canada Condemns Conviction of Belarusian Human Rights Activist

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today condemned the conviction by Belarus of Ales Byalyatski, a long-time human rights defender and head of the human rights organization Vyasna.

27.11.2011 Sakharov Prize Laureates Campaign to Free Bialiatski

On November 23 in Brussels, at the annual conference of Sakharov Prize Laureates, a campaign was started to collect signatures under the open letter demanding immediate release and full rehabilitation of Ales Bialiatski. The campaign was launched by BAJ chair Zhanna Litvina and head of the civil right movement For Freedom Aliaxandr Milinkievich.

26.11.2011 On Ales Belyatski's Sentence: Statement by International Society 'Memorial'

"The true cause of this criminal case is Ales Belyatski's human rights work in Belarus", says a statement by the Russia-based International Society 'Memorial' released on 24 November.

26.11.2011 Saint Petersburg police detain participants of picket in support of Ales Bialiatski

Activists of the Russian Memorial human rights NGO Anna Udyarova and Filipp Kostenko were detained by the police while staging a picket of solidarity with Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski outside the Belarusian Consulate Department in Saint Petersburg on 25 November.

26.11.2011 Human rights defenders join in global campaign of support to Ales Bialiatski

On 25 November, activists of numerous FIDH members across the world staged pickets of solidarity with the imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski, following a 4.5-year verdict pronounced by Minsk court on 24 November. Cities covered by the campaign include Paris, Brussels, Stockholm, Helsinki, Buenos-Aires, Ankara, Saint Petersburg, Yerevan, Bishkek, Tbilisi, Zagreb, etc.

26.11.2011 Open letter to President Lukashenko by FIDH President

Mr. President,

I am writing to you to call for the immediate and unconditional release of and the dropping of all charges against the FIDH Vice-President Mr. Ales Bialiaski, also President of the Human Rights Center «Viasna», who was sentenced yesterday by the Pervomaiski District Court of Minsk to 4,5 years of strict regime detention and confiscation of his property, including the offices of «Viasna» on charges of « serious tax evasion ».

25.11.2011 Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders: A sad day for the defence of human rights in the world

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), condemns the sentencing to prison of Mr. Ales Bialiatski, FIDH Vice-President and President of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Viasna”, and denounces it as a move to silence the Belarusian civil society.

25.11.2011 Belarusian authorities had no right to prosecute Byalyatski on basis of information obtained from Lithuania, says justice minister

Authorities in Belarus did not have the right to use information obtained from the Lithuanian justice ministry on Ales Byalyatski’s bank account in the Baltic state to prosecute the human rights activist, Lithuanian Justice Minister Remigijus Simasius said in an interview with the Baltic News Service on Thursday, BelaPAN said.

25.11.2011 47 Belarusian NGOs release statement on illegal conviction of Ales Bialiatski

47 Belarusian NGOs have released a joint statement, demanding an immediate release of Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski following his conviction on 24 November.

25.11.2011 Czech Republic shocked by court decision to sentence Ales Bialatsky

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic considers this trial as politically motivated and urges Belarusian authorities to end repressions against representatives of the Belarusian civil society.

25.11.2011 Union of Belarusian Writers calls for international support of Ales Bialaitski

The Union of Belarusian Writers considers the official charge to be a politically-motivated decision and prosecution for civic activities.