An imprisoned Nobel laureate underscores human rights abuses in Belarus FILE Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, head of the Viasna human rights group, sits in a defendants' cage at a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan. 5, 2023. (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE - Protesters carry a man injured during clashes with police amid anti-government demonstrations in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 10, 2020. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends the Supreme Eurasian Economic Union meeting in Igora, Russia, Dec. 26, 2024. (Alexei Danichev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE - Police officers kick a demonstrator during a protest in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 10, 2020, following the disputed presidential election. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Ales Bialiatski, the head of the Viasna human rights group, poses for a photo in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 7, 2014. (AP Photo, File)
FILE Supporters of the Belarusian opposition hold a rally in Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 23, 2020. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya holds a portrait of her jailed husband, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, during a protest demanding freedom for political prisoners, outside the Belarus embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)
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FILE Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, head of the Viasna human rights group, sits in a defendants' cage at a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan. 5, 2023. (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File)