Belarus: Further information: Human rights defender sentenced: Ales Bialiatski

Index Number: EUR 49/024/2011
Date Published: 25 November 2011
Categories: Belarus

A court in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, has handed down a sentence of four and a half years to human rights defender Ales Bialiatski. He is a prisoner of conscience, and should be released immediately and unconditionally.