Nobel Peace Prize winner and pro-democracy activist Ales Bialiastski has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Minsk, igniting outrage around the world.

He was arrested in 2021 following protests disputing the results of Belarus’ 2020 federal election.

Mike Armstrong explains how Bialiastski has long been a thorn in the side of Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, and how Bialiastski’s incarceration is a rallying cry for opponents of the country’s authoritarian government.

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