{"id":117140,"date":"2024-12-07T14:11:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T11:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117140\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarusian-arrested-during-protests-in-georgia-leaves-for-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117140\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian arrested during protests in Georgia leaves for Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Ja\u016dhien Muravicki\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Photo by Raman Ki\u015blak)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

December 7, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Ja\u016dhien Muravicki, the Belarusian national arrested during protests in Tbilisi in late November, boarded a Vilnius-bound flight this morning, human rights defender Raman Ki\u015blak has told Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian was among several foreigners arrested at protest rallies in Georgia sparked by the government\u2019s decision to suspend negotiations on European Union membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After spending three days in custody Muravicki submitted an asylum request to Georgian migration authorities but later followed the advice of rights defenders and left the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia is one of the counties where Belarusians flee fearing politically-motivated reprisals at home yet its Belarusian community is shrinking. In early 2024, 11,362 Belarusians resided in Georgia, 15 percent fewer than in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, Georgian authorities rejected political asylum applications by at least two Belarusians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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