Nobel Prize
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Nobel laureates Narges Mohammadi and Ales Bialiatski: uncanny parallels
Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. The parallels between the biographies of Narges Mohammadi and Ales Bialiatski, who won the Nobel Peace Prize…
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Viasna
Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in prison
For the first time in history, a Nobel laureate was convicted after having been awarded the Nobel Prize. Belarusian human rights organizations issued a statement of protest where they called…
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Viasna
Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski gives final speech in court
The trial in the criminal case against Nobel laureate and chairperson of the Viasna Human Rights Center Ales Bialiatski, his deputy and International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) vice-president Valiantsin…
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Nobel Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski pleads not guilty at sham trial
The trial against Viasna human rights defenders, including the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, commenced on January 5 in Minsk. The defendants face 7 to 12 years of imprisonment.
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Viasna
Ales Bialiatski’s Nobel speech: “Today the entirety of Belarus is in prison”
The human rights activist Ales Bialiatski was unable to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in person because he has been imprisoned by the Belarusian regime for 17 months. On December…
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Ales Bialiatski: What will happen to Belarus?
November 25 marks the 500th day of the human rights defender Ales Bialiatski's imprisonment. On this day, Libereco, a German-Swiss human rights NGO, will hold events in Zürich and The…
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Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski wins Nobel Peace Prize
Ales Bialiatski, the founder and head of the Viasna Human Rights Center, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with the Russian center Memorial and the Ukrainian Center for Civil…
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya again nominated for Nobel Prize
Two Norwegian parliamentarians have nominated Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.