{"id":203581,"date":"2026-09-14T11:48:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T08:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/203581\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T08:48:47","slug":"georgia-says-no-deportation-procedures-under-way-against-belarusian-activist-kislak","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/203581\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia says no deportation procedures under way against Belarusian activist Ki\u015blak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 14, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Georgia\u2019s migration authority has not launched deportation proceedures against rights activist Raman Ki\u015blak, recognizing the temporary ban on his deportation by the UN Human Rights Committee, the activist has told Pozirk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ki\u015blak cited a response from the Georgian interior ministry\u2019s migration department to his inquiry, saying that his complaint is currently under consideration by the UN Human Rights Committee. The committee reportedly issued an interim measure against the Georgian government, prohibiting the activist\u2019s deportation to Belarus while the case is under review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgian border police visited Ki\u015blak in his Tbilisi home on July 16 and drew up a report accusing him of staying in the country illegally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If deported to Belarus, Ki\u015blak would face charges of terrorism, high treason and conspiracy to seize power in connection with his human rights activities. The maximum penalty for some of these crime is death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia had denied political asylum to Ki\u015blak twice before he lodged his complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee. Although Georgian authorities appear to have acknowledged that he cannot be expelled for the time being, they have refused to issue him a temporary identification document. His bank accounts have been frozen because his Belarusian passport expired in 2024 and he lacks any ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many Belarusians moved to Georgia to escape politically-motivated persecution unleashed by the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime following the 2020 post-election protests. Georgia has not granted asylum to a single Belarusian under the Georgian Dream government of pro-Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Georgian migration authority has intensified their anti-immigration campaign and have been conducting raids to identify undocumented migrants, including door-to-door checks, with Belarusians among those targeted. Local media and diaspora activists have reported cases of foreigners being deported on what they describe as trumped-up grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja told Pozirk<\/em> in May that it was impossible to negotiate with Georgian authorities on the recognition of expired Belarusian passports or issue temporary identification documents to foreigners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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