Talk:Ales Bialiatski

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A fact from Ales Bialiatski appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 June 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ales Bialatski earned a PhD in Belarusian literature before becoming the vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights?

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Requested addition

Following Qwyrxian remark, here are some arguments why I think http://freeales.fidh.net could bring additional and valuable information elements to Ales Bialiatski's external link section:

- Although it advocates for the liberation of all political prisonners in Belarus, FreeAles website is - with Viasna Human Rights Center - the main English and Russian speaking website providing information from Ales Bialiatski while he still is in prison. Most information from prisonners come from statements of people who visited them in prison.

- The website does not only promote FIDH demand to release Bialiatski, but it also features European Institutions and other International NGOs views on the Liberties in Belarus (Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Helsinki Comittee, OMCT...).

- The website has a two and a half year archive documenting detention conditions of political prisonners in Belarus. It is the only English and French speaking website that followed Belarussian political prisoners' cases so extensively.

- Although it is linked to the International Federation of Human Rights, and although Bialiatski is still considered as FIDH vice president, this website provides further information to anyone willing to understand the law stakes Bialiatski's case illustrates.

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 17:56, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ales Bialatski → Ales Bialiatski – His real name is Ales Bialiatski and only this name is correct. It is widely used on the official site of his organization http://spring96.org/en/news/45622 - so it is very important to move that article in the right place! Unitedfrontier (talk) 14:47, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Birthplace

@Therequiembellishere, claims that including birthplace is "overkill" by including the Karelian ASSR/Republic of Karelia is incorrect. It's customary to include the first-level administrative division of a federal entity in the birthplace, and the RSFSR was such a thing. There is furthermore precedent to do this (see Boris Yeltsin).

Mupper-san (talk) 01:27, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't find four levels of subdivisions to be particularly helpful or edifying to any casual reader, nor does it being done as such on another high profile page that convincing that it is. Therequiembellishere (talk) 02:22, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The Soviet Union section has been tagged as unsourced since October 2022 and has been removed per WP:BLP, WP:V. See WP:BURDEN. Posted here in case anyone has sources for the content. I have also added additional citation needed tags per BLP. // Timothy :: talk 00:12, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]