{"id":163013,"date":"2025-11-05T11:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163013\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-leader-urges-australia-to-ease-legalization-for-belarusians","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163013\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader urges Australia to ease legalization for Belarusians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 5, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met with Australian government officials to discuss facilitating legalization for exiled Belarusians, her aide Franak Via\u010dorka has told Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The politician drew attention to the legal and administrative challenges faced by Belarusians whose passports have expired. These people cannot renew them due to 2023 Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka’s edict, which prohibited Belarusian embassies and consulates from providing passport services abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trips to Belarus to renew passports or obtain police clearance certificates, often required for legalization purposes abroad, have become increasingly risky, as human rights groups reported a surge in arrests of Belarusians at the border over the past two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vyia\u010dorka noted that past cases reveal a troubling pattern: police certificates sometimes list convictions on politically-motivated charges rather than real crimes, demonstrating the transnational nature of Minsk\u2019s reprisals. In response, Belarusian pro-democracy forces are calling for alternative methods of verifying personal data, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this context, facilitation of legalization procedures could help Belarusians who are staying in Australia on temporary visas or are applying for permanent residence, Cichano\u016dskaja’s aide stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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