United Nations experts and dozens of Nobel laureates have demanded the immediate release of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, who is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus.
The UN experts declared Bialiatski's detention arbitrary and illegal, emphasizing the need for his immediate freedom. This call to action was echoed by 58 Nobel prize winners, including Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, who collectively urged Belarus's authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, to release all political prisoners.
The international community's outcry highlights the ongoing human rights abuses in Belarus and the suppression of dissent under Lukashenko's regime.
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UN Experts Call For Release Of Jailed Belarus Nobel Prize Winner
Nobel Peace Prize winner and leading human rights figure in Belarus Ales Bialiatski is being held arbitrarily and must be released immediately, UN experts said in an opinion published Thursday.
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