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October 10, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Armenia may soon extradite Belarusian national Kiry\u0142 Ba\u0142andzin to Belarus, his lawyer Ani Chatinyan told the RFE\/RL<\/em> Armenian service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian prosecutors said they want to arrest him on suspicion of embezzlement, but the real reason for persecution might be his participation in the 2020 postelection protests, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ba\u0142andzin was arrested at the request of Belarusian authorities seven months ago, at the border between Armenia and Georgia. The Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office ruled to extradite him to Belarus on May 31. The decision was challenged in Armenian courts, but to no avail, the lawyer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ba\u0142andzin was recently transferred from a detention facility in Vanadzor to a similar facility in Yerevan for possible extradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office said that their Belarusian counterparts claimed to guarantee the protection of his rights and freedoms. However, Belarusian human rights activists have no doubt that the man’s rights will be violated in the event of extradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ba\u0142andzin’s extradition may be suspended if Armenia\u2019s immigration authority grants him political asylum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armenia rejected several extradition requests from Belarus in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On September 2, Armenian officers detained Dzijana Maisiejenka while she was crossing the border between Georgia and Armenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk put Maisiejenka on a wanted list as it presses protest-related charges against her. She was held at an Armenian police station for several hours and then released without charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Armenian prosecutors clear wanted Belarusian
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October 10, Pozirk. Armenia may soon extradite Belarusian national Kiry\u0142 Ba\u0142andzin to Belarus, his lawyer Ani Chatinyan told the RFE\/RL Armenian service. Belarusian prosecutors said they want to arrest him on suspicion of embezzlement, but the real reason for persecution might be his participation in the 2020 postelection protests, she said. Ba\u0142andzin was arrested at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":101405,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-108809","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLawyer fears Armenia may soon extradite wanted Belarusian national | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 10, Pozirk. 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