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Bialiatski began advocating for Belarusian independence and democracy in the early 1980s. He was a member of the Popular Front of Belarus, which was a political movement that campaigned for Belarusian independence from the Soviet Union. In 1991, Bialiatski founded the Human Rights Center "Viasna", which is a non-governmental organization that promotes human rights in Belarus. Bialiatski has been arrested and imprisoned several times for his human rights activism.