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Belarus throws a Nobel winner in prison

By Eugene Chudnovsky

Published March 4, 2023 11:00am ET

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Belarus throws a Nobel winner in prison — In this Monday, June 1, 2020 photo, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meets with Valery Vakulchik, chief of the Belarusian state security service, KGB, in Minsk, Belarus. | (Nikolai Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

On Friday, a court in Belarus handed down a 10-year prison term to Ales Bialiatski, winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Bialiatski, 60, is a founder of the Viasna (Spring) Human Rights Centre that has been monitoring presidential elections and aiding political prisoners since 1996. He was imprisoned for funding political protests.

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