UN Experts Say Belarus Justice System Targets Critics
UN experts’ Sep 15, 2026 report: Belarus justice system systematically represses Lukashenko critics since 2020; some abuses may be crimes against humanity. Belarus did not cooperate.
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About Ales Bialiatski
Ales Viktaravich Bialiatski is a Belarusian human rights defender, pro-democracy activist, and writer. He is chair of the Viasna Human Rights Centre. He was held as a prisoner of conscience. An activist for Belarusian independence and democracy since the early 1980s, Bialiatski is a founding member of Viasna and the Belarusian Popular Front, serving as leader of the latter from 1996 to 1999. He is also a member of the Coordination Council of the Belarusian opposition. He has been called "a pillar of the human rights movement in Eastern Europe" by The New York Times, and recognised as a prominent pro-democracy activist in Belarus.
Everything about Ales Bialiatski →- Occupation
- writer, human rights defender, politician, literary scholar
- Position held
- The Minsk City Council of Deputies
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Belarus
- Born
- September 25, 1962