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Jailed Nobel laureate Bialiatski barred from sending speech

FILE - Bailiffs speak to Natalia Pinchuk, left, the wife of Ales Bialiatski, the imprisoned leader of Belarus' Vyasna (Spring) human rights group in the group's office in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. Imprisoned Belarusian human rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, hasn’t been allowed by Belarus authorities to hand over his speech for the award ceremony, his wife said Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File) FILE - Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, right, is greeted by his wife Natalya Pinchuk, at a railway terminal in Minsk, Belarus, June 21, 2014. Imprisoned Belarusian human rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, hasn’t been allowed by Belarus authorities to hand over his speech for the award ceremony, his wife said Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Brushko, File)
Jailed Nobel laureate Bialiatski barred from sending speech