{"id":196073,"date":"2026-07-17T11:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/196073\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:40:47","slug":"georgias-border-police-visit-belarusian-rights-defender-staying-in-tbilisi-without-id","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/196073\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia\u2019s border police visit Belarusian rights defender staying in Tbilisi without ID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Georgian border police have visited a Tbilisi apartment rented by Belarusian human rights defender Raman Ki\u015blak and drew up a report that he is staying in the country without an ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If deported to Belarus, Ki\u015blak\u2014whose passport expired in 2024\u2014would almost certainly face politically-motivated persecution. Belarusian authorities accuse him of terrorism, high treason and conspiracy to seize power in connection with his human rights work. These charges carry the death penalty as the maximum sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Border police told Ki\u015blak to report to the Migration Department on July 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgia denied him asylum twice but he filed an appeal with the UN Human Rights Committee, which launched proceedings on his complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The procedure precludes Georgia from deporting him. However, the country\u2019s Migration Department has refused to issue him a temporary identification document. His bank accounts have been blocked because he lacks an ID.<strong><\/strong><\/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\/2025\/05\/gruzika_flag_max_kukurudziak_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gruzika_flag_max_kukurudziak_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gruzika_flag_max_kukurudziak_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gruzika_flag_max_kukurudziak_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gruzika_flag_max_kukurudziak_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gruzika_flag_max_kukurudziak_unsplash_1128x752.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\">Belarusian family appeals Georgia\u2019s asylum provisions to Constitutional Court<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 13, Pozirk. A Belarusian family living in Georgia has appealed to the Constitutional Court in Tbilisi, arguing that recently adopted asylum provisions are discriminatory. Paragraphs 6 and 7 of Article 32 of the Law on International Protection allow Georgian &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/195431\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 17, Pozirk. Georgian border police have visited a Tbilisi apartment rented by Belarusian human rights defender Raman Ki\u015blak and drew up a report that he is staying in the country without an ID. If deported to Belarus, Ki\u015blak\u2014whose passport expired in 2024\u2014would almost certainly face politically-motivated persecution. Belarusian authorities accuse him of terrorism, high [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-196073","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Georgia\u2019s border police visit Belarusian rights defender staying in Tbilisi without ID | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 17, Pozirk. 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