Bialiatski is currently serving his totally unjustified prison sentence in a brutal penal colony, where his health is rapidly deteriorating due to the denial of basic medical care. The Norwegian Nobel Committee strongly condemns these inhumane conditions and demands Bialiatski’s immediate release.

"Allowing Ales Bialiatski to serve time under these deplorable conditions is a profound injustice that blatantly breaches his fundamental human rights. He must be released,” says Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.