{"id":104605,"date":"2024-09-12T13:02:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T10:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/104605\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarusian-rights-defender-appeals-denied-asylum-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/104605\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian rights defender appeals denied asylum in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kisliak-POZ-20240912.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kisliak-POZ-20240912.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kisliak-POZ-20240912-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kisliak-POZ-20240912-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kisliak-POZ-20240912-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kisliak-POZ-20240912-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Raman Ki\u015blak in Georgia\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 12, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Tbilisi City Court registered an appeal of Belarusian human rights defender Raman Ki\u015blak against the refusal to grant him political asylum in Georgia, the activist has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He linked the refusal to human rights activities, noting that he would be allowed to stay in Georgia pending the appeal ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting from 2022, Belarusians have filed more than 60 asylum applications in Georgia, of which at least 12 were denied. One of the asylum cases has been stuck at Georgian courts for two and a half years, Ki\u015blak said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zelenaya-fb-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zelenaya-fb-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zelenaya-fb-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zelenaya-fb-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zelenaya-fb-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zelenaya-fb-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Georgia denies asylum to Belarusian dissident<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 5, Pozirk. Georgia has denied political asylum to Maryna Zialonaja (Kalinina) of the Belarusian opposition Coordination Council. &quot;My child and I qualify [for protection] under the 1951 Geneva Convention on Refugees, but we do not qualify from the perspective &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/103773\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 12, Pozirk. The Tbilisi City Court registered an appeal of Belarusian human rights defender Raman Ki\u015blak against the refusal to grant him political asylum in Georgia, the activist has told Pozirk. He linked the refusal to human rights activities, noting that he would be allowed to stay in Georgia pending the appeal ruling. 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