Peace Prize laureate Ales Byalyatski, 60, has been transferred to a notoriously brutal prison in Belarus and hasn't been heard from in a month, his wife said on May 24. Natalia Pinchuk told AP that Byalyatski, who is serving a 10-year sentence, has been kept in an information blackout since his transfer to the N9 colony for repeat offenders in the city of Gorki. In March, a court convicted Bialiatski -- Belarus's top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize -- and three of his colleagues on charges of financing actions violating public order and smuggling, charges they deny. To read the original story by AP, click here.
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