{"id":114823,"date":"2024-11-21T12:21:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T09:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/114823\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-politician-vieramiejcyk-was-denied-asylum-in-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/114823\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition politician: Vieramiej\u010dyk was denied asylum in Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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November 21, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Vasil Vieramiej\u010dyk, a former Belarusian volunteer who fought alongside Ukrainian forces, was captured in Vietnam after Lithuania denied him asylum, citing national security reasons linked to his earlier service in the Belarusian army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man did not appeal that decision and considered moving to Moldova or Argentina instead, Franak Via\u010dorka, an aide to Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, said on Facebook, commenting on his extradition to Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cichano\u016dskaja’s office offered him assistance, but he refused, according to Via\u010dorka. “We found out about [his arrest in] Vietnam too late, we wrote letters, but there was too little time,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arrest and deportation could have been avoided if Lithuania had not refused protection, the politician said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany people are recognized as a threat to national security for only one line in their biography\u2014such as service in the Belarusian army, although it was long ago. This is not good,\u201d Via\u010dorka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Vieramiej\u010dyk\u2019s extradition to Belarus, Cichano\u016dskaja’s office called for a case-specific assessment of each application for asylum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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