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Ales Byalyatski
- 01-08-14 17:14 UK hails Belarus` decision to host Ukraine talks // English // Статьи
Britain welcomes Belarus` decision to host international talks on the ongoing Ukraine crisis, but this will not seriously improve Minsk`s relations with the European Union.
- 25-07-14 20:14 Lithuania has not changed its position with regard to Belarus, foreign minister says // English // Новости
Lithuania has not altered its position with regard to Belarus and continues suggesting that the Belarusian authorities should respect human rights and release all political prisoners, Foreign Minister...
- 25-07-14 20:10 Foreign ministers of Belarus, Lithuania hold talks in Minsk // English // Статьи
Belarus and Lithuania should expand their cooperation, especially in trade, investment and transportation, despite some differences in the two countries` approaches...
- 21-07-14 18:58 Human rights defenders in Zhodzina, Rechytsa set to demonstrate in support of political prisoners // English // Новости
Human rights defenders in Zhodzina, Minsk region, and Rechytsa, Homyel region, have applied to the city governments for permission to stage small demonstrations on August 4 to demand the release of...
- 25-06-14 17:31 Byalyatski: Free elections are key to Belarus' future // English // Статьи
"Our future life depends on whether or not we will manage to do that," he stressed.
- 25-06-14 17:23 Byalyatski refuses to blame governments of Lithuania, Poland for his imprisonment // English // Новости
Human rights defender Ales Byalyatski has refused to put the blame on the governments of Lithuania and Poland for his imprisonment. "It is certain officials in Lithuania and Poland rather than...
- 25-06-14 17:19 Byalyatski set to focus on defending civil and political rights // English // Новости
Ales Byalyatski confirmed on Wednesday that he would resume his work to defend human rights following his release from prison last week. Speaking during an online questions-and-answers session hosted...
- 23-06-14 14:44 EU hails Byalyatski’s release as “important step” // English // Новости
The European Union welcomed the release of human rights defender Ales Byalyatski, who was freed from prison on June 21 under an amnesty law. “After almost three years of imprisonment on...
- 23-06-14 14:43 United States welcomes Byalyatski’s release // English // Новости
The United States welcomes the early release of human rights defender Ales Byalyatski as a “positive development,” Jen Psaki, spokesman for the US Department of State, said on June 21. She...
- 23-06-14 14:30 Rights defender Byalyatski set to resume his work // English // Статьи
Human rights defender Ales Byalyatski announced on Monday that he would resume his work following his early release from prison.
- 22-06-14 00:56 Byalyatski released under amnesty law // English // Статьи
Human rights defender Ales Byalyatski spent a total of 1,050 days behind bars.
- 21-01-14 19:46 Byalyatski may be freed if his debt has really been paid off, Lukashenka says // English // Новости
Human rights defender Ales Byalyatski may be amnestied if all the money he owed has really been paid, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said Tuesday in reply to a question from BelaPAN Director General Ales Lipay...
- 29-10-13 15:08 Lithuanian parliament may award its Freedom Prize to Ales Byalyatski // English // Новости
The Seimas, Lithuania's unicameral parliament, may award its Freedom Prize to imprisoned Belarusian human rights defender Ales Byalyatski, reported news website delfi.lt. The candidacy of the...
- 30-09-13 15:28 Ales Byalyatski wins Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize // English // Новости
Imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski has been awarded the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize. "In his daily struggle against violations of human rights, injustice, arbitrariness and...
- 27-08-13 13:28 Ales Byalyatski shortlisted for Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize // English // Новости
Imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski has been shortlisted for the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize. The two other candidates for the award, which was instituted by the Council of Europe...
- 04-08-13 16:31 Two years since Ales Byalyatski’s arrest // English // Статьи
The chairman of a human rights group called Vyasna (Spring) currently 50, was arrested in Minsk on August 4, 2011…
- 04-08-13 16:22 UN rapporteur calls for release of human rights defender Byalyatski // English // Новости
Miklos Haraszti, the UN Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur on Belarus, has urged the Belarusian government to “immediately and unconditionally” release and rehabilitate...
- 03-08-13 14:02 Rights defenders in Brest, Baranavichy denied permission to demonstrate for release of Ales Byalyatski // English // Новости
Human rights activists in Brest and Baranavichy have been denied permission to stage demonstrations in the cities on August 4 to mark the second anniversary of the arrest of Ales Byalyatski,...
- 28-05-13 15:52 Ales Byalyatski reelected vice president of International Federation for Human Rights // English // Новости
Imprisoned Belarusian human rights defender Ales Byalyatski was reelected vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) during the organization’s congress in Istanbul...
- 17-05-13 16:09 International human rights organizations urge Belarusian government to release Ales Byalyatski // English // Новости
Souhayr Belhassen, president of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), and Gerald Staberock, secretary general of the World Organization Against Torture, have called on the Belarusian...
- 03-03-13 15:57 Thousands express solidarity with Byalyatski // English // Статьи
More than 100,000 people have joined a global campaign of solidarity with imprisoned Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski...
- 03-02-13 16:02 Imprisoned rights defender Byalyatski nominated for Nobel Prize again // English // Новости
Belarusian imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski has been nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. Both the 50-year-old leader of a human rights group called Vyasna and Russian rights...
- 28-11-12 16:31 OSCE Parliamentary Assembly expresses concern about confiscation of Vyasna's office // English // Новости
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has expressed deep concern about the confiscation of the Minsk office of a human rights organization called Vyasna (Spring) on Monday. "Viasna [Vyasna] has been...
- 26-10-12 17:15 Rights defender Byalyatski misses out on Sakharov Prize // English // Новости
Imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski has missed out on the European Parliament`s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2012. The European Parliament announced on October 26 that the...
- 19-10-12 15:01 Ales Byalyatski asked Polish diplomats not to disclose his bank account details, newspaper says // English // Новости
Ales Byalyatski, a Belarusian human rights defender who is now in prison, asked Polish diplomats not to provide the Belarusian authorities with information about his bank accounts abroad, reported...
- 19-10-12 14:25 Prison administration refuses to accept medicines for Ales Byalyatski // English // Статьи
The administration of Correctional Institution No. 2 in Babruysk, Mahilyow region, has refused to accept a parcel containing medicines for human rights defender...
- 12-10-12 15:44 Seven reprimands issued to imprisoned in seven months // English // Статьи
Seven reprimands have been issued to human rights defender Ales Byalyatski in the seven months since his transfer...
- 29-09-12 12:33 Lech Walesa Award granted to imprisoned Ales Byalyatski // English // Статьи
Mr. Byalyatski has also been nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize and this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought…
- 27-09-12 17:12 Exhibition dedicated to Ales Byalyatski begins at Polish Sejm // English // Новости
An exhibition dedicated to imprisoned Belarusian human rights defender Ales Byalyatski began at Poland's Sejm (lower parliamentary house) on September 27. Ales Byalyatski, the imprisoned chairman...
- 25-09-12 17:44 Imprisoned rights defender Byalyatski turns 50 // English // Новости
Imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski turned 50 on September 25. He is serving a prison sentence of four and a half years at Correctional Institution No. 2 in Babruysk, Mahilyow region. ...
- 25-09-12 17:32 Belarusian authorities refuse to discuss Byalyatski's case with UN Human Rights Committee // English // Новости
The Belarusian government has refused to maintain correspondence with the UN Human Rights Committee about the case of imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski, his associate, Valyantsin...
- 14-09-12 14:39 Byalyatski nominated for Sakharov Prize // English // Статьи
Members of the European Parliament have nominated imprisoned Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom...
- 12-08-12 18:37 Imprisoned rights defender Byalyatski prohibited from meeting with relatives // English // Новости
The administration of a correctional institution in Babruysk, where Ales Byalyatski is serving his prison sentence, has prohibited the prominent human rights defender from seeing his relatives on...
- 07-08-12 14:38 Petition demanding release of rights defender Ales Byalyatski delivered to Belarusian embassy in Lithuania // English // Новости
A petition demanding the release of imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski and other political prisoners was delivered to the Belarusian embassy in Vilnius on August 6. The petition, which...
- 05-08-12 11:40 Russian activists demonstrate in Moscow in support of Lukashenka’s opponents // English // Медиа-фото
Russian human rights activists demonstrated in Moscow on August 3 in support of pro-democratic forces and civil society in Belarus. The demonstrators displayed bear-shaped balloons and teddy bears....
- 08-07-12 17:16 OSCE Parliamentary Assembly urges Minsk to release all political prisoners // English // Статьи
The Assembly recommended that the International Ice Hockey Federation suspend its plan to hold the 2014 world championship in Minsk until the Belarusian authorities release all political prisoners...
- 07-07-12 16:51 Court orders seizure of Ales Byalyatski’s apartment that houses Vyasna office // English // Новости
The Partyzanski District Court in Minsk on July 4 ordered the seizure of imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski’s apartment that houses the head office of Vyasna, an unregistered...
- 28-06-12 16:20 UN Human Rights Committee to consider complaint over prosecution of Ales Byalyatski // English // Новости
The UN Human Rights Committee has registered a complaint filed on behalf of Ales Byalyatski, the imprisoned leader of a Minsk-based human rights group called Vyasna (Spring), over his prosecution,...
- 12-06-12 16:57 Imprisoned rights defender Byalyatski required to pay state fee before his appeal may be considered // English // Новости
The board of the Minsk City Court, at a meeting on June 11, decided that imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski must pay a state fee of 3,506,000 rubels ($425) before his fresh appeal may...
- 09-06-12 18:00 Chairman of Minsk City Court rejects Byalyatski`s appeal against prison sentence // English // Новости
The chairman of the Minsk City Court has rejected an appeal filed by prominent human rights defender Ales Byalyatski against his prison sentence, a rights group called Vyasna (Spring) reported on...
- 19-05-12 16:13 US State Department grants 2011 Human Rights Defenders Award to Ales Byalyatski // English // Новости
The US Department of State has granted its 2011 Human Rights Defenders Award to Ales Byalyatski, the imprisoned chairman of a Belarusian human rights group called Vyasna (Spring). The 49-year-old...
- 18-05-12 14:39 Ales Byalyatski not applied for presidential pardon, wife says // English // Статьи
Ales Byalyatski has not applied for a presidential pardon, Natallya Pinchuk, the wife of the imprisoned human rights defender...
- 13-05-12 16:48 Rally in support of human rights defender Ales Byalyatski held in Paris // English // Новости
A rally in support of Ales Byalyatski (Bialiatski), the imprisoned chairman of Vyasna (Spring), an outlawed human rights group in Belarus, and vice president of the International Federation for...
- 29-04-12 20:31 Russian president rejects accusations of inadequate stance on human rights situation in Belarus // English // Статьи
President Dzmitry Medvedev rejected Friday accusations that Russia’s stance on the human rights situation in Belarus was not tough...
- 29-04-12 20:15 Ales Byalyatski phones his wife from prison // English // Новости
Human rights defender Ales Byalyatski on Friday evening phoned his wife from Correctional Institution No. 2 in Babruysk, Mahilyow region, where he is serving his prison term. “That was his first...
- 19-04-12 13:09 District judge orders imprisoned Ales Byalyatski to pay $18,400 // English // Новости
A judge of the Pershamayski District Court in Minsk has ordered imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski to pay a late charge of 140.3 million rubels ($17,500) and 7.1 million rubels in...
- 27-03-12 12:47 Norwegian Writers` Union awards its 2012 Freedom of Expression Prize to Ales Byalyatski // English // Статьи
The Norwegian Writers’ Union has awarded its 2012 Freedom of Expression Prize to imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski...
- 27-02-12 14:48 Ales Byalyatski still in transit to prison in Babruysk // English // Статьи
Convicted human rights defender Ales Byalyatski has not yet been placed in Correctional Institution No. 2 in Babruysk...
- 24-12-11 18:02 Father of imprisoned rights defender Ales Byalyatski dies // English // Статьи
Viktar Byalyatski died at the age of 83 three months after being diagnosed with lung cancer...
- 03-12-11 16:20 Lukashenka describes sentence against Ales Byalyatski as very "humane" // English // Новости
Alyaksandr Lukashenka said on Friday that the prison sentence imposed on Belarusian human rights defender Ales Byalyatski was very "humane." "Thankfully, this is not America,"...
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