What is Ales Bialiatski?
{{Infobox person | name = Ales Bialiatski | caption = Bialiatski in 2014 | native_name = {{nobold|Алесь Бяляцкі}} | native_name_lang = be | image = Ales Bialiatski (Polish Senate 2014).png | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|9|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Vyartsilya]], [[Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Karelian ASSR]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Republic of Karelia]], Russia) | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Aliaksandr Bialiatski{{cn|date=October 2022}} | education = [[Francisk Skorina Gomel State University|Gomel State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | employer = [[Viasna Human Rights Centre]] | spouse = Natallia Pinchuk | awards = {{plainlist| * [[Václav Havel Human Rights Prize]] (2013) * [[Right Livelihood Award]] (2020) * [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (2022) }} }} {{nobelprize|Peace}}'''Ales Viktaravich Bialiatski'''{{efn|Alternatively transliterated as '''Ales Bialacki''', '''Ales Byalyatski''', '''Alies Bialiacki''', and '''Alex Belyatsky'''}} ({{lang-be|Алесь Віктаравіч Бяляцкі|Alieś Viktaravič Bialiacki}}; born 25 September 1962) is a Belarusian [[democratization|pro-democracy]] activist and [[prisoner of conscience]]. He is known for his work with the [[Viasna Human Rights Centre]]. He is a well known activist for Belarusian independence and democracy since the early 1980s. Bialiatski is a founding member of Viasna and the [[Belarusian Popular Front]]. He is also a member of the [[Coordination Council (Belarus)|Coordination Council]] of the Belarusian opposition. In 2022, Bialiatski was awarded the 2022 [[Nobel Peace Prize]], along with the organisations [[Memorial (society)|Memorial]] and [[Center for Civil Liberties (Ukrainian civil society organization)|Centre for Civil Liberties]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Picheta |first=Rob |date=2022-10-07 |title=Human rights advocates from Russia