Nobel peace laureate Ales Bialiatski ‘put in solitary confinement in Belarus’

Free Ales Bialacki mural (Wojciech Strozyk/Alamy/PA)

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Ales Bialiatski has been transferred to solitary confinement at his prison in Belarus, his wife said.

Natalia Pinchuk told the Associated Press that prison authorities have toughened conditions for the 61-year-old who is serving a 10-year sentence, despite his chronic illnesses.