Belarus imprisons Nobel laureate Bialiatski for 10 years
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By Yuras Karmanau | Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia A court on Friday sentenced Belarus' top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to 10 years in prison, the latest move in a yearslong crackdown on dissent that has engulfed the ex-Soviet nation since 2020.The harsh punishment of Ales Bialiatski and three of his colleagues was delivered in response to massive protests over a 2020 election that gave authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko a new term in office.
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