Ales Bialiatski

Ales Bialiatski is a Belarusian political activist known for his work with Viasna Human Rights Centre, of which he is currently the head and the founding of the BPF Party. He is the vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights. Bialiatski has received the Homo Homini Award and the Per Anger Prize for his efforts in promoting human rights and democracy. He was arrested by Belarusian authorities on tax evasion charges in 2011.

Bialiatski was born in Vyartsilya, in todays Karelia, Russia, to Belarusian parents. He is a scholar of Belarusian literature, graduated from Francishak Skaryna Homiel State University. Bialiatski also received a PhD from the Belarusian Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Belarusian Writers Union, and helped to found the Tutejshyja Association of Young Writers, serving as the groups chairman from 19861989.

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