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October 23, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Armenian migration authority grant Belarusian dissident Kiry\u0142 Ba\u0142andzin asylum, refusing to extradite him to Belarus at Minsk’s request, RFE\/RL<\/em> Armenian Service reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move comes weeks after Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied appealed to his Armenian counterpart Anna Vardapetyan to grant Belarus\u2019 extradition requests during a visit to Yerevan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian prosecutors accuse Ba\u0142andzin of embezzlement, but the real reason for persecution is his participation in the 2020 postelection protests, his lawyer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Armenian Prosecutor General\u2019s Office ruled to extradite him to Belarus in late May following his arrest at the border between Armenia and Georgia. The man was awaiting extradition in custody after Armenian courts upheld the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armenia rejected several extradition requests from Belarus in 2024 following a sharp deterioration in relations between Minsk and Yerevan over Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s support for Azerbaijan\u2019s capture of Nagorno-Karabakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Lawyer fears Armenia may soon extradite wanted Belarusian national<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 23, Pozirk. The Armenian migration authority grant Belarusian dissident Kiry\u0142 Ba\u0142andzin asylum, refusing to extradite him to Belarus at Minsk’s request, RFE\/RL Armenian Service reported. The move comes weeks after Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied appealed to his Armenian counterpart Anna Vardapetyan to grant Belarus\u2019 extradition requests during a visit to Yerevan. Belarusian prosecutors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":110690,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-110738","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nArmenia refuses to extradite Belarusian dissident despite prosecutor\u2019s overtures | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 23, Pozirk. 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