Human RIghts House Network: Call for immediate release and rehabilitation of Ales Bialiatski
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2011
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The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
64 human rights organizations, members and partners of the Human Rights House Network, resolutely condemn the court verdict to sentence Ales Bialiatski to 4,5 years imprisonment with confiscation of his property. We call upon the Belarusian authorities to immediately drop all charges against Ales Bialiatski and stop his criminal prosecution.
On Thursday, 24 November 2011, the Minsk Pershamaiski District
Court announced its verdict to sentence Ales Bialiatski to 4,5
years imprisonment with the confiscation of all his property,
including property registered to other persons, on charges of tax
evasion.
Ales Bialiatski is the Chairperson of the Human Rights Centre “Viansa”, Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and one of the founders of the Belarusian Human Rights House in Vilnius. He is a well-known and internationally recognised human rights defender.
Ales Bialiatski is the Chairperson of the Human Rights Centre “Viansa”, Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and one of the founders of the Belarusian Human Rights House in Vilnius. He is a well-known and internationally recognised human rights defender.
On 4 August 2011, Ales Bialiatski was detained in Minsk on
alleged suspicion of ‘concealment of income on an especially large
scale’. His trial started on 2 November and was widely condemned
by the international community.
We believe that Ales Bialiatski is punished for his legitimate
engagement in promoting and protecting human rights in Belarus.
Proceedings against Ales Bialiatski constitute one more action by
the Belarusian government against human rights defenders to try to
silence voices that uphold Belarus’ human rights obligations.
