About: Ales Bialiatski

Belarus opposition activist: Lukashenko is fooling the West, like Ceausescu

The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is fooling the EU, like Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceau?escu did during the Cold War, Ales Bialiatski told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.

Polish MEP: Belarus is a laboratory for dictatorship

Belarus is a laboratory of oppression and dictatorship on European territory, says MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who nominated Belarussian opposition activist Ales Bialiatski for the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize.

Saryusz-Wolski: Sakharov wouldn’t give a prize to Pussy Riot

Prison sentences for members of the Pussy Riot punk band are unacceptable, but so was their performance in a Moscow cathedral, says MEP Jacek Sayusz-Wolski, who advocates that the European Parliament's 2012 Sakharov Prize be given to a Belarussian opposition activist. 

Imprisoned Belarussian activist considered for Sakharov Prize

Ales Bialiatski, an imprisoned Belarussian opposition activist, has been nominated for the European Parliament’s annual Sakharov Prize, EURACTIV has learned.