News on the topic: criminal case of Ales Bialiatski
28.09.2011 Ales Bialiatski: “They won't gag human rights defenders in Belarus”
Here is a new video on the arrest and criminal prosecution of Ales Bialiatski, chair of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", the group which has provided assistance to thousands of victims of political repressions.
28.09.2011 Warsaw demands to free Ales Bialiatski
On September 27, representatives of NGO from different countries, which take part in the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, organized a picket to support Ales Bialiatski.
26.09.2011 Ales Bialiatski studying case files
The imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski has reportedly started studying the materials of the criminal case under Par. 2 Art. 243 of the Criminal Code (“large-scale tax evasion”).
26.09.2011 FIDH President Souhayr Belhassen congratulates Ales Bialiatski
On 25 September, Mrs. Souhayr Belhassen, President of the International Federation for Human Rights, congratulated FIDH Vice-President Ales Bialaitski on his 49th birthday on behalf of all FIDH members.
26.09.2011 Human rights defenders congratulate Ales Bialiatski: Street event in Minsk
On 25 September, the friends and colleagues of Ales Bialiatski staged a festive event in Minsk Nezalezhnastsi Square to congratulate the imprisoned leader of Viasna on his 49th birthday.
23.09.2011 Happy birthday, Ales Bialiatski!
Fellow activists of the Belarusian human rights movement are sending their best wishes on Ales Bialiatski’s upcoming birthday on 25 September.
22.09.2011 Mahiliou human rights defender questioned in Bialiatski’s case
Mahiliou human rights defender Aliaksei Kolchyn has been interrogated by the local office of the State Control Committee’s financial investigation department.
21.09.2011 Lithuania expands blacklist of Belarusian officials
Vilnius intends to add 18 Belarusian officials to those banned from entering Lithuania.
21.09.2011 UN reiterates demands to release Ales Bialiatski
On 20 September, the International Federation of Human Rights and the Human Rights House Foundation held a side-event on the criminal prosecution of Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski.
21.09.2011 Viasna suggests appealing dismissals of petitions for Bialiatski’s release
Numerous petitions for the pre-trial release of Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski have been dismissed by the State Control Committee investigators.
20.09.2011 Investigator bans Bialiatski’s meeting with wife
Mrs. Tatsiana Kasynkina, investigator of the financial investigation department of the state control committee, has dismissed a request entered by Ales Bialiatski’s wife, who applied for a meeting with the imprisoned Viasna’s leader.
19.09.2011 Warsaw activists campaign ahead of Bialiatski’s birthday
On 17 September, a number of Polish NGOs launched a campaign of solidarity with the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
16.09.2011 Homel human rights defenders launch campaign “Happy Birthday, Ales Bialiatski!”
On 16 September, Homel human rights defenders Anatol Paplauny and Leanid Sudalenka launched a regional campaign in support to the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski marking his birthday due on 25 September.
16.09.2011 European Parliament resolution of 15 September 2011 on Belarus: the arrest of human rights defender Ales Bialatski
Belarus: arrest of Ales Bialatski, human rights defender
29.08.2011 Letter to Ales Bialiatski by Artak Kirakosyan FIDH Sec. General
Artak Kirakosyan, Secretary General of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Chairman of the Board of the Civil Society Institute, has addressed chair man of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski with an open letter.
