{"id":84248,"date":"2024-05-08T12:22:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T09:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/84248\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"armenia-grants-asylum-to-belarusian-dissident","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/84248\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenia grants asylum to Belarusian man"},"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\/04\/erevan_armenia_unsplash_levon_vardanyan_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/erevan_armenia_unsplash_levon_vardanyan_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/erevan_armenia_unsplash_levon_vardanyan_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/erevan_armenia_unsplash_levon_vardanyan_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/erevan_armenia_unsplash_levon_vardanyan_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/erevan_armenia_unsplash_levon_vardanyan_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Yerevan\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(unsplash.com \/ Levon Vardanyan)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 8, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian national Jaras\u0142a\u016d Novika\u016d has been granted asylum in Armenia, <em>Mediazona<\/em> reported, citing lawyer Araik Papikyan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Novika\u016d left Belarus last spring and was arrested as he crossed from Georgia into Armenia at the request of Belarusian security forces that accused him of draft evasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early February, Novika\u016d applied for political asylum after an Armenian judge had placed him in custody pending extradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armenian human rights defenders and Belarusian opposition politicians provided him assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja discussed his case in late March with Alen Simonyan, president of the National Assembly of Armenia.<\/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\/03\/tihanovskaya-21-03-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tihanovskaya-21-03-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tihanovskaya-21-03-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tihanovskaya-21-03-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tihanovskaya-21-03-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tihanovskaya-21-03-1128.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\">Belarusian arrested in Armenia will get asylum \u2013 Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s office<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 21, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Alen Simonyan, the president of the National Assembly of Armenia, have discussed closer cooperation, the Belarusian politician&#039;s press office told Pozirk. Cichano\u016dskaja shared words of solidarity and appreciated Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan&#039;s decision not &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/74643\">\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>May 8, Pozirk. Belarusian national Jaras\u0142a\u016d Novika\u016d has been granted asylum in Armenia, Mediazona reported, citing lawyer Araik Papikyan. Novika\u016d left Belarus last spring and was arrested as he crossed from Georgia into Armenia at the request of Belarusian security forces that accused him of draft evasion. In early February, Novika\u016d applied for political asylum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":81234,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-84248","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Armenia grants asylum to Belarusian man | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 8, Pozirk. Belarusian national Jaras\u0142a\u016d Novika\u016d has been granted asylum in Armenia, Mediazona reported, citing lawyer Araik Papikyan. 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