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On March 5, the Belarusian Prosecutor General’s Office submitted an official request to Lithuania for the extradition of opposition leader Sviatlan Cichanouskaya, reports TASS.
1 photoCichanouskaya can feel safe: Landsberg said he would not extradite people persecuted for opposition activities, freedom of expression or religion. Photo by EPA-ELTA
Representatives of the institution emphasized that they were forced to ask Vilnius to extradite the politician for having committed crimes against her in the homeland, against public order, public security and the state. Cichanouskaya is accused of calling for the seizure of power, organizing extremist groups and other crimes. His international search was announced not only by Belarus but also by Russia.
In 2020, the Attorney General’s Office initiated a criminal case against S. Cichanouskaja and other opponents. in December. They are accused of creating an extremist group. Before that, an investigation was launched into the activities of the Belarusian Opposition Coordination Council. The former presidential candidate herself denies all the accusations.
Lithuania will not even consider the neighboring country’s request to extradite the Belarusian opposition leader. According to Interfaks, this was stated by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
“All those who have found refuge in Lithuania can feel safe here. They will not be extradited to the regimes, neither for their fight for democracy nor for freedom of expression or religion,” said the head of the Foreign Ministry.
Incidentally, Sviatlan Cichanouskaya is denied extradition to the Belarusian authorities for the second time. On March 2, the Lithuanian authorities announced in advance that there would be no extradition and declared that they would never extradite people persecuted for opposition activities in their country.
The unrest in Belarus has not ended since August last year. Then, after official sources announced that Aliaksandr Lukashenko had won the presidential elections again, he was accused of electoral fraud and rallies began in the country.
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