Bialiatski: veteran rights defender in authoritarian Belarus
Moscow (AFP) Oct 7, 2022
Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarus rights group Viasna, has battled against repression for a quarter of a century and spent years in jail for his efforts. He spent his 60th birthday in prison on September 25, as he did his 50th, but won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in the wake of historic demonstrations and a severe crackdown in his ex-Soviet country. The 60-year-old was arrested i
