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CASE #384
Date
08 / 09 / 2020
City
Minsk
Type of violation
  • Abduction
  • Forced expulsion
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of movement
  • Right to freedom of opinion and expression
  • Right to liberty and security of person
  • Right to vote, to participate in free and periodic elections and in public affairs
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Identity of the victim(s): Anton Rodnenkov, Ivan Kravtsov, Maria Kolesnikova

Identity of the perpetrator(s): undefined

Belarusian political dissidents Anton Rodnenkov and Ivan Kravtsov, were allegedly forced out of Belarus. Even though the authorities seem to deny the facts, Anton Gerashchenko (Deputy Interior Minister of Ukraine) asserted on his Facebook page that the departure of Rodnenkov and Kravtsov was actually a "forced expulsion".

Maria Kolesnikova, one of the political opposition leaders in Belarus, was also about to be forced out of the country but she managed to tear her passport up before the expulsion. According to reports in media, after this, she was held at the military unit base of the border troops of Belarus in Prudok, near the Belarus-Ukrainian border.

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