News on the topic: criminal case of Ales Bialiatski
04.04.2014 International human rights defenders: Journalists must testify about what is happening in Belarus
Robert Hårdh, Executive Director of Civil Rights Defenders, Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the right of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and Margaret Sekaggya, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, have addressed journalists during the Defenders' Days conference, which is currently underway in Sweden: "Every journalist who find themselves in an authoritarian country such as Belarus must have an obligation to stand up for free speech and report on human rights violations in such a country."
02.04.2014 Civil Rights Defenders declare Ales Bialiatski Defender of the Year 2014
Ales Bialiatski , founder of the Belarusian human rights organisation Viasna, is the recipient of the 2014 Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award. For over 30 years, he has pursued a life of continuous struggle to campaign for democracy and human rights, first in the Soviet Union and then in Belarus.
07.03.2014 Tatsiana Reviaka appeals the ban on import of “Enlightened by Belarusian Issue” at Hrodna Regional Court
Human rights activist Tatyana Reviaka lodged an appeal against the judgment of the Ashmiany District Court , which declared inadmissible the expert examination of the book by Ales Bialiatski "Enlightened by Belarusian Issue", but nevertheless banned the import of the book to the territory of Belarus.
05.03.2014 Uladzimir Makei speaks about the fate of Belarusian political prisoners
March 1, Foreign Minister of Belarus Uladzimir Makei gave an interview to the news agency BNS (Baltic News Service) in Vilnius. Here's the full text of the interview, posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.
12.02.2014 Statement of the Secretariat of the Union of Belarusian Writers
As it became known, on February 11, 2014, the Ashmiany District Court decided to ban the importation of books published in Vilnius, authored by literary critic, member of the NGO "Union of Belarusian Writers” Ales Bialiatski “Enlightened by the Belarusian Issue".
12.02.2014 Israel's Ambassador Shagal calls Belarusian political prisoners criminals
Joseph Shagal compared the Belarusian political prisoners with Palestinian extremists. He said it in an interview with RTVI channel on February 6.
12.02.2014 Ales Bialiatski: Finalist for the 2014 Front Line Defenders Award
February 10 the international organization Front Line Defenders presented the Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the first of six finalists for the 10th annual Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, awarded in collaboration with medyyasetkay "Al Jazeera."
11.02.2014 Court declares expert examination of “Enlightened by Belarusian Issue”, but bans the book due to “inner convictions”
On February 11, the Ashmiany District Court announced its verdict on the civil lawsuit of the member of the HRC “Viasna” Tatsiana Reviaka against Ashmiany customs.
10.02.2014 Front Line Defenders launches Olympics campaign on 12 human rights defenders
‘Rights. Risks. Change!’ Campaign to focus attention on targeted human rights defenders.
07.02.2014 Polish MP met Natalia Pinchuk
Adam Lipinski met the spouse of political prisoner Ales Bialatski in Minsk. The reports come from Polish media.
30.01.2014 Bialiatski’s nomination sent to Nobel Committee
The signatures for nominating Ales Bialiatski for Nobel Peace Prize have been sent to the Committee.
22.01.2014 Natallia Pinchuk: I don't believe Lukashenka's words
The words about the release of Ales Bialiatski mean nothing, the political prisoner's wife thinks. Natallia Pinchuk spoke to charter97.org about Lukashenka's promise to amnesty Ales Bialiatski.
17.01.2014 Ales Bialiatski nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
The prominent Belarusian human rights activist has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the third time.
15.01.2014 Biaroza human rights activists congratulated by Mikalai Autukhovich, Ales Bialiatski and Mikalai Statkevich
During the holidays, the political prisoners took the time to answer the congratulations of Biaroza human rights defenders and civil society activists.
10.01.2014 Foreign diplomats send New Year congratulations to Ales Bialiatski
The imprisoned head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” received congratulations on Christmas from the heads of the embassies of the EU member states and the USA. Ales Bialiatski mentioned that in a letter to his colleagues on 7 January.
