Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski jailed over anti-government protests

Ales Bialiatski has been jailed for 10 years (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File)

A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced Ales Bialiatski, Belarus’ top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to 10 years in prison.

Mr Bialiatski and three other top figures of the Viasna human rights centre he founded were convicted of financing actions violating public order and smuggling, Viasna said on Friday.