Belarus court sentences Nobel Peace Prize laureate to 10 years in prison
Minsk court convicts Aleks Byalyatsky, co-defendants of money smuggling
Elena Teslova |
03.03.2023
Belarus court sentences Nobel Peace Prize laureate to 10 years in prison
MOSCOW
A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Aleks Byalyatsky to 10 years in prison
A district court in the capital Minsk convicted Byalyatsky and several others of smuggling money into the country.
Byalyatsky is to serve his sentence a penal colony.
Besides Byalyatsky, co-defendants Valentin Stefanovich, Vladimir Labkovish, and Dmitry Solovyov were each sentenced to 9 years, 7 years, and 8 years, respectively.
All three, who are members of Viasna, a human rights center that the Belarussian government does not recognize, plan to appeal the sentence.
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