Vitsebsk human rights defenders join campaign of pickets to support Ales Bialiatski

August 4^th is will mark two years since the arrest of the leader of the human rights center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski. International human rights organizations recognized the renowned Belarusian human rights defender a prisoner of conscience and have repeatedly called on the authorities of the country to immediately release Ales Bialiatski. His Vitsebsk colleagues decided to hold a series of pickets to mark the sad anniversary.

A total of 4 pickets are scheduled Vitsebsk. Three of them are applied for by Pavel Levinau, a representative of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee in Vitsebsk and Vitsebsk region. Another bid was submitted to the administration of Kastrychnitski District by local human rights activist Leanid Svetsik.

Source: vitebskspring.org