News on the topic: deportation
04.11.2014 Let's demonstrate solidarity with Elena Talkachova: petition state bodies with the request to refrain from expelling the human rights activist from the country
The Human Rights Centre “Viasna” joins the call of our colleagues from the Center for Legal Transformation Lawtrend to direct petitions to the state agencies with the request not to expel human rights activist Elena Tonkacheva from Belarus.
21.07.2014 Russian court sentences Belarusian opposition activist to fine, orders his deportation
The Belgorod District Court in Russia has reportedly sentenced Belarusian opposition activist Dzmitry Razanovich to a fine of 15,000 Russian rubles (about $430) and ordered his deportation.
17.07.2014 Ukrainian MP deported from Minsk
Oleksandr Bryhynets, who had been detained at the airport in Minsk yesterday, was deported from Belarus.
14.01.2014 Vitsebsk human rights activist Piatro Ivanou threatened to be deported to Russia
Vitsebsk human rights activist and military pensioner Piatro Ivanou is threatened with being deported to Russia and demanded to submit an income statement. The department on citizenship and migration of Vitsebsk’s Kastrychnitski police department demands that the human rights activist Piotr Ivanou (in the picture) reported about the living expenses before 20 January. Otherwise they promise to deport him to Russia.
02.04.2013 Detained Ukrainians made a video report about their trip to Belarus
The members of the Ukrainian organization "National Alliance", detained after the Freedom Day action in Minsk, uploaded to the Internet a video report about their journey to Belarus and return home after the detention.
27.11.2012 Ukrainian student leader not let in Belarus
The president of the Ukrainian student self-government association Lizaveta Shchepetylnykova was not let in Belarus where she intended to meet with student activists.
29.07.2012 Russian physicist Ozharovsky deported from Belarus
Andrei Ozharovsky is banned from entering Belarus for 10 years.
17.11.2011 Polish national Kinga Ksiazek deported
Kinga Ksiazek, a consultant of Fundacja Institutum Orientalium NGO, has been deported from Brest.
14.11.2011 Polish citizen deported from Mahiliou
The Migration and Citizenship Department of the Kastrychnitski district of Mahilou has decided to deport Polish national Magdalena Kalinowska, a member of Institutum Orientalium foundation, from Belarus.
26.10.2011 Russian journalist deported from Belarus
Igor Karmazin, reporter of the Moskovsky Komsomolets Russian newspaper, has been deported from Belarus after arranging a number of interviews with former Belarusian political prisoners and their families, including Mikita Likhavid and Iryna Khalip, European Radio for Belarus reports.
01.07.2011 Mazyr: detention of Bulgarian and US journalists
The famous Bulgarian journalist, poet and translator Dimiter Kenarov was wrongly detained by the police in Mazyr on 29 June. The popular networking site Facebook developed an open community where information is gathered about his arrest.
15.06.2011 Members of Norwegian Helsinki Committee not let in Belarus
Two members of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, a citizen of Russia Ina Sangazhyeva and a citizen of the Ukraine Volha Shamshur took a flight from Frankfurt to Minsk by their personal business. However, the Belarusian customs officers didn’t let them in Belarus.
05.05.2011 Alik Mnatsnakyan and Viktoria Gromova deported from Belarus and banned entry for 2 years
Following theyesterday's detention at the Human Rights Center Viasna, officers of the migration service issued the Russian human rights defenders Alik Mnatsnakyan and Viktoryia Gromova with written prescriptions to leave the territory of Belarus within 24 hours. The detainees were also put on the list of the people who are banned entry to Belarus for two years.
29.04.2011 Russian HR defender deported from Belarus
On 28 April, Russian human rights defender representing the International Observation Mission Ivan Kondratenko was detained and later ordered to leave Belarus within 24 hours.
27.04.2011 Seven foreign nationals to be deported from Belarus
Six German nationals and a citizen of Poland will be deported from Belarus, after they stood trials and were fined for involvement in a picket of protest at the construction of a nuclear power plant.
