Jailed Belarusian Activist Nominated For Nobel Prize By Slovakia

RadioFreeEurope Thursday 9th February, 2012

Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radicova has nominated the jailed Belarusian rights activist Ales Byalyatski for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. Byalyatski, head of the Vyasna human rights center in Minsk, was found guilty of tax evasion and sentenced to 4 1/2 years in jail on November 24. The charges against Byalyatski stem from his reported use of ...

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