A Belarusian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ales Belyatsky, to 10 years in prison for cash smuggling and breach of public order charges, RT reports. Friday’s sentence came as part of a major case against members of the Vesna (Spring) human rights center. In addition to the 60-year-old Belyatsky, lengthy terms were imposed on three other activists. All of the accused deny any wrongdoing.
Ales Bialiatski, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been sentenced by Belarus to 10 years in prison, on charges that rights advocates have dismissed as politically motivated.
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