Belarus must free activist held on tax evasion charges

11 August 2011 Ales Bialatski, head of the Human Rights Centre Viasna is believed to have been detained for carrying out his human rights work. The Belarusian authorities must release a prominent human rights activist, whose pre-trial detention on charges of "serious tax evasion" is believed to be politically motivated.Ales Bialatski, head of the Human Rights Centre Viasna, was arrested in central Minsk on 4 August over the use of his personal bank account in Lithuania to support his organization's human rights work in Belarus.Viasna was derecognized by the Belarusian authorities in 2003…

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