{"id":205555,"date":"2026-09-29T16:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205555\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:04:05","slug":"belarusian-diaspora-launches-fundraiser-for-deported-activist-michiejeu","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205555\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian diaspora launches fundraiser for deported activist Michieje\u016d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Raman Ki\u015blak for Pozirk)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

September 29, <\/strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Belarusian diaspora has launched a fundraiser for exiled activist Le\u016d Michieje\u016d, who was detained in Georgia four days ago and expelled to Armenia after Tbilisi had denied his asylum request, rights activist Raman Ki\u015blak has told Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLe\u016d now has to deal with issues of safety, legal status and daily life all over again,\u201d he noted. The funds should cover legal fees, housing and other immediate expenses in Armenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michieje\u016d was arrested in Georgia on September 25 and taken to Armenia, where he was detained at the request of the Belarusian authorities, as Minsk entered his name into the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) intergovernmental wanted persons database. He was soon released, as Yerevan, which has been pursuing closer ties with the European Union, does not extradite individuals persecuted for political reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michieje\u016d has been waiting for asylum in Georgia since 2021, longer than almost any of his fellow countrymen. While in Georgia, he participated in protest rallies and received threats from the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB). The man was detained when he submitted an application to renew his temporary identity card at the migration department in the village of Markopi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many Belarusians moved to Georgia to escape politically-motivated persecution unleashed by the Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka regime following the 2020 post-election protests. Georgia has not granted asylum to a single Belarusian under the Georgian Dream government of pro-Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Georgian migration authorities have intensified their anti-immigration campaign and have been conducting raids to identify undocumented migrants, including door-to-door checks, with Belarusians among those targeted. Local media and diaspora activists have reported cases of foreigners being deported on what they describe as trumped-up grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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