Which city was Ales Bialiatski sentenced in for his second imprisonment?
Moscow
Minsk
New York
Kiev
Answer
Ales Bialiatski, a Belarusian human rights activist, was sentenced in Minsk for his second imprisonment. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2011 for "extremism" and "sedition". Bialiatski was arrested in 2010 and held in pre-trial detention for over a year before being sentenced. He has been imprisoned several times before for his human rights work.
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