« This prize is particularly symbolic for Ales » explained Valiantsin Stefanovic, vice-president of Viasna. « Vaclav Havel and Bialiatski met, and a few days before he died, Václav Havel wrote a letter to Ales in prison. In it, he expressed his support to Ales and the hope that Belarus would one day be a democratic state».
"As the Council of Europe just announced the 2013 laureate of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, FIDH and HRC Viasna express their utmost support to its recipient Ales Bialiatski, President of Viasna Human Rights Center and Vice President of FIDH. Prominent human rights defender in Belarus, Ales Bialiatski was sentenced to 4 and a half years of detention in severe regime in August 2011 for his human rights activities.
« This prize is particularly symbolic for Ales » explained Valiantsin Stefanovic, vice-president of Viasna. « Vaclav Havel and Bialiatski met, and a few days before he died, Václav Havel wrote a letter to Ales in prison. In it, he expressed his support to Ales and the hope that Belarus would one day be a democratic state ».
FIDH - Read the whole text:
http://www.fidh.org/ales-bialiatski-receives-highly-symbolic-vaclav-havel-human-rights-prize-14014
Viasna:
https://spring96.org/en/news/66148
Östgruppen: Europarådets människorättspris till Ales Bjaljatski från Belarus (Vitryssland)
http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/view/pressrelease/europaraadets-maenniskoraettspris-till-ales-bjaljatski-fraan-belarus-vitryssland-911177
Counsil of Europe:
http://hub.coe.int/en/web/coe-portal/press/newsroom?p_p_id=newsroom&_newsroom_articleId=1604453&_newsroom_groupId=10226&_newsroom_tabs=newsroom-topnews&pager.offset=0
Charter 97: Премия Вацлава Гавела присуждена Алесю Беляцкому
http://www.charter97.org/ru/news/2013/9/30/76628/
Freiheit für Vaclav-Havel-Preisträger Ales Beljatzki - (Marieluise Beck)
http://marieluisebeck.de/artikel/30-09-2013/freiheit-f-r-vaclav-havel-preistr-ger-ales-beljatzki
Amnesty:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/vaclav-havel-human-rights-award-goes-belarusian-prisoner-conscience-2013-09-30
Photo: KL (opposition's flag, Belarus)
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