The Supreme Court of Belarus imprisoned for 10 years human rights activist Ales Byalyatsky, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 (the Russian human rights center Memorial and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties shared the prize with him).

Byalyatsky received the verdict together with his fellow human rights activists: Valentin Stefanovich (9 years in prison), Vladimir Labkovich (7 years) and Dmitry Solovyov, who was not in the courtroom (8 years).

Byalyatsky headed the Viasna human rights center, which was liquidated in 2003 by the Supreme Court of Belarus. After the “liquidation”, the organization continued to work, and, according to the prosecutor’s office, from 2013 to 2020, Byalyatsky, Stefanovich, Labkovich, Solovyov and “other unidentified persons” earned 879,887 Belarusian rubles (approximately $350,000).. at the current rate), but did not pay taxes, for which they were sued.

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On July 14, 2021, Bialiatski, Stefanovich and Labkovich were arrested after searches in human rights and non-governmental organizations in Belarus. On that day, more than 10 Ukrainian human rights organizations demanded the Office of the President of Ukraine, the National Security and Defense Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to limit diplomatic and economic ties between Kiev and official Minsk in connection with another wave of searches and arrests of human rights activists and journalists in Belarus, as well as.