Ales Bialiatski
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Ales Bialiatski is a Belarusian human rights activist and political prisoner, best known as a leading figure in the country’s pro-democracy movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ales Bialiatski canonical | 6 |
| Ales Viktaravich Bialiatski | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T862099 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ales Bialiatski Context triple: [Memorial, co-recipientWith, Ales Bialiatski]
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A.
Natan Sharansky
Natan Sharansky is a former Soviet dissident, human rights activist, and Israeli politician renowned for his struggle for Jewish emigration rights and democracy.
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B.
Boris Nemtsov
Boris Nemtsov was a prominent Russian liberal politician and opposition leader, known for his criticism of Vladimir Putin and advocacy for democratic reforms.
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C.
Andrei Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist turned human rights activist and dissident, widely known as the "father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb" and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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D.
Borys Shefir
Borys Shefir is a Ukrainian film and television producer and media manager, known for his leading role in the comedy and production company Kvartal 95 Studio.
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E.
Leonid Kravchuk
Leonid Kravchuk was the first President of independent Ukraine and a key political leader in the final stages of the Soviet Union’s collapse.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ales Bialiatski Target entity description: Ales Bialiatski is a Belarusian human rights activist and political prisoner, best known as a leading figure in the country’s pro-democracy movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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A.
Natan Sharansky
Natan Sharansky is a former Soviet dissident, human rights activist, and Israeli politician renowned for his struggle for Jewish emigration rights and democracy.
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B.
Boris Nemtsov
Boris Nemtsov was a prominent Russian liberal politician and opposition leader, known for his criticism of Vladimir Putin and advocacy for democratic reforms.
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C.
Andrei Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist turned human rights activist and dissident, widely known as the "father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb" and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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D.
Borys Shefir
Borys Shefir is a Ukrainian film and television producer and media manager, known for his leading role in the comedy and production company Kvartal 95 Studio.
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E.
Leonid Kravchuk
Leonid Kravchuk was the first President of independent Ukraine and a key political leader in the final stages of the Soviet Union’s collapse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Belarusian person
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate ⓘ human rights activist ⓘ political prisoner ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
democracy in Belarus
ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ rule of law in Belarus ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
ⓘ
surface form:
Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award
Homo Homini Award ⓘ Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ Per Anger Prize ⓘ Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Belarus ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1962-09-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Francisk Skorina Gomel State University
ⓘ
surface form:
Gomel State University
|
| familyName | Bialiatski ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | philology ⓘ |
| founderOf | Viasna Human Rights Centre ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ales Bialiatski
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ales Viktaravich Bialiatski
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| givenName | Ales ⓘ |
| hasBeenImprisonedBy |
Government of Belarus
ⓘ
surface form:
government of Belarus
|
| knownFor |
defending human rights in Belarus
ⓘ
founding the human rights organization Viasna ⓘ leading the Belarusian pro-democracy movement ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Belarusian
ⓘ
English ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Belarusian Popular Front ⓘ |
| movement |
Belarusian human rights movement
ⓘ
pro-democracy movement in Belarus ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Belarusian ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Peace ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| notableWork | documentation of political repression in Belarus ⓘ |
| occupation |
civic activist
ⓘ
human rights defender ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| opposedBy | authorities of Belarus ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Komi ASSR
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surface form:
Karelo-Finnish SSR
Soviet Union ⓘ Vyartsilya ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chairman of Viasna Human Rights Centre ⓘ |
| reasonForImprisonment | politically motivated charges ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
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| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Center for Civil Liberties
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Memorial ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Belarus
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Minsk ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ales Bialiatski Description of subject: Ales Bialiatski is a Belarusian human rights activist and political prisoner, best known as a leading figure in the country’s pro-democracy movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Memorial
this entity surface form:
Ales Viktaravich Bialiatski