Nobel Peace Prize to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
The prize committee decided to honor Bialiatski, 60, after he famously helped spark the democracy movement that began in Belarus in the 1980s.
Bialiatski, who has stood up to authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, has remained imprisoned since 2020 without trial. Reiss-Andersen called on Belarus to release him from prison. Shortly after the announcement, Belarus opposition spokesman Franak Viacorka said Bialiatski is kept in inhuman conditions.
“The Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to honor three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful co-existence in the neighbor countries Belarus, Russia and Ukraine,” Reiss-Andersen said.
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