In Belarus, it is granted to revoke the citizenship of those who work abroad for Western countries. This is contrary to the constitution | Hromadske television
About this he declared in an interview with the publication.
According to Orlovsky, “People who fled our country hate it and today they work in the interests of Western states, not having the right to be called Belarusians.”
“If they turned away from the country, why can’t the country turn away from them? As a result, they cannot freely come to Belarus, participate in electoral processes, participate in the public and political life of the state.“, – he thinks.
Orlovsky recalled that amendments to the law came into force in Belarus in June 2021, which make it possible to deprive the acquired citizenship of people found guilty of committing serious crimes or “Inflicting grave harm to the interests of Belarus”.
At the same time, Article 10 of the Constitution of Belarus directly prohibits deprive the citizenship of the country or the right to change citizenship.
Repression in Belarus
In August 2020, mass protests erupted in Belarus over the proclamation of the winner of the presidential election, Alexander Lukashenko, who held this position for more than 26 years. The protesters do not recognize these results and demand the oppositionist Svetlana Tikhanovskaya as the legitimate president of Belarus.
Despite massive rallies and rallies across the country, Lukashenka held his inauguration on September 23 and took over as president again. And the protesters were violently dispersed, detained and generally persecuted, including with criminal cases.
During the protests, tens of thousands of people were detained, five protesters were killed as a result of the harsh actions of the security forces, hundreds of people were recognized as political prisoners.