Nobel Laureate Bialiatski Deteriorating After 1,000 Days in Belarus Prison
• Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski has been in prison in Belarus for 1,000 days and his health is deteriorating • He has been kept in solitary confinement for the past 6 months despite chronic illnesses • Bialiatski was convicted on charges of financing actions violating public order and smuggling • He founded the prominent Belarusian human rights group Viasna, which has been labeled extremist by authorities • At least 1,400 political prisoners are currently detained in Belarus amid a sweeping crackdown on dissent