deprivation of citizenship of emigrants and another amnesty
Those who left for Belarusians, recognized as extremists of Belarus, are threatened with a ban on Belarusian citizenship and a ban on entry into the country, Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakov said. On Tuesday, he uncovered a case that is likely to de-nationalize people living abroad and — quote: “continuing illegal activities.” The official also noted that the punishment will be imposed at the expense of the origin of the Belarusian court:
“In the future, in relation to the extremist who has lost the citizenship of Belarus, make a decision to ban entry into the country for up to 30 years. Ministry of Internal Affairs on the preventive effect of this initiative.
Alyaksandr Lukashenka also spoke about the fact that political emigrants in Minsk know “everyone to a single one”. According to him, it is necessary to consider the issue of those who “fled from their native country, but harms and continues criminal activities.”
Belarusian authorities have previously designated a number of opposition politicians as terrorists, including exiled opposition leader Svyatlana Tikhanovskaya.
Economic institutions purported to be outside of Belarus estimate that between 100,000 and 300,000 people fled Belarus in a mass protest following the August 2020 protests.
“It is absolutely obvious that these measures are measures of pressure,” said a lawyer from the Office of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Christina Richter. – Psychologists for the majority of people who crossed the border of Belarus are on the other side, some problems of such influence are invented. There was also news about the confiscation of property from people who left, tariffs for a communal apartment, and so on. I believe that if people deal with a large income, especially such financial levers, then just the same citizenship is that state of mind, among other things, connects a person with a country. Therefore, I chose this method, as I finally solved this problem for Lukashenka and his associates.”
results in the announcement of Belarus another amnesty, which will be timed to coincide with such a name “Day of National Unity” on September 17. As Lukashenka noted, “the most among the feelings are a variety of people, including those who accidentally stumbled, committed acts of negligence, and also recognized cases of commission, including protest-oriented actions.”
At the same time, there may be more political prisoners in Belarus than the figure voiced by human rights organizations. The Investigative Committee announced more than 10,000 criminal cases against protesters, which indicates the possible scale of repression.
“The announcement of an amnesty is, to me, the regime’s favorite topic, because this is not the first time when bargaining begins, especially in the current situation, when political prisoners seem to drop out in exchange for the removal of some patterns,” says Richter. – It seems to me that it is very important to pay attention not only to the numbers, because it is absolutely obvious that a large number of people fell under repression, but also to what it is being done for. then the amnesty also has an infected meaning. Due to the fact that it is absolutely obvious that poisoning may occur. And, as a matter of fact, these are political prisoners, this is just the same, probably, the currency that can be exchanged for the removal of the exemption.”
The Belarusian opposition, human rights activists, as well as the leaders of Western countries are subject to immediate and unconditional disclosure of all crimes detained in Belarus.