Factbox-Nobel laureate Bialiatski's sentencing follows upheaval in Belarus

Human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, founder of the organisation Viasna (Belarus), receives the 2020 Right Livelihood Award at the digital award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden December 3, 2020. Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Here are some of the events in Belarus leading up to the trial of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and his sentencing on Friday to 10 years in prison.

Bialiatski denied the charges against him, and he and some human rights groups say the case against him was politically motivated.