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December 30, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Sweden has denied political asylum to Kanstancin Siarohin, the cameraman of jailed Belarusian presidential hopeful Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, the Viasna Human Rights Center said on Telegram today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siarohin said the Swedes made the decision in two weeks, despite massive evidence that he would be prosecuted in Belarus. “This is the worst thing I could hear from them. I am very shocked.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security forces apprehended Siarohin in a rented apartment with Arcium Saka\u016d, also a member of Cichano\u016dski’s team, a few days after Cichano\u016dski was arrested in Hrodna on May 29, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike Saka\u016d, who was brought to trial and sentenced to prison, Siarohin was released and lived under the radar until his emigration in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian exiles say it is very difficult to get asylum in Sweden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

December 30, Pozirk. Sweden has denied political asylum to Kanstancin Siarohin, the cameraman of jailed Belarusian presidential hopeful Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, the Viasna Human Rights Center said on Telegram today. Siarohin said the Swedes made the decision in two weeks, despite massive evidence that he would be prosecuted in Belarus. “This is the worst thing I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":58427,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-58489","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSweden turns down Cichano\u016dski's cameraman's request for asylum \u2013 Viasna | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 30, Pozirk. 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