{"id":65809,"date":"2024-02-08T16:09:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=65809"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-planning-to-print-alternative-passport-samples-in-march","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/65809\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition planning to print alternative passport samples in March\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 8, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The first 500 New Belarus passports are expected to be printed in March, the opposition transition cabinet announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month, the opposition plans to set up an agency that would issue the passports, hire a team, procure the necessary materials for printing and prepare a campaign for the recognition of a new ID document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cabinet plans to launch the campaign with petitions to governments and international organizations as soon as samples are ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition started designing its passport last February, after the government in Minsk enacted amendments to the Belarusian citizenship law allowing authorities to deprive exiled opponents of citizenship obtained by birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process accelerated after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka signed Edict No 278 in September ordering Belarusian embassies and consulates to stop providing passport and notary services to Belarusians abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian opposition, the European Union, the United States and human rights groups criticized the edict as a violation of the exiled Belarusians\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition\u2019s new passport project would help thousands who have fled the country for safety reasons and cannot renew their Belarusian IDs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, at least 125 people were arrested upon returning to Belarus, the Viasna Human Rights Center said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 8, Pozirk. 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