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"The main question is stopping repressions": Bialiatski details his talk with US envoy John Coale

 14.09.2026, 10:59
Human rights defender Ales Bialiatski during the panel discussion “Word Against Violence. Culture and Human Rights in Belarus” at the Free Belarus Center. Warsaw, Poland. July 13, 2026. Photo: Raul Duke / Belsat
Human rights defender Ales Bialiatski during the panel discussion “Word Against Violence. Culture and Human Rights in Belarus” at the Free Belarus Center. Warsaw, Poland. July 13, 2026. Photo: Raul Duke / Belsat

Human rights defender and former political prisoner Ales Bialiatski said that his meeting with the chief US negotiator with Minsk was warm, noting that John Coale is "not a bureaucrat" and approaches the issue "from a human perspective."