“Restricted to travel abroad” Shchukin went to Germany through Russia
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10:07, — Politics
Former deputy of the Supreme Council Valer Shchukin wasn’t allowed to leave Belarus. “Restricted to travel abroad” Shchukin couldn’t fly to Germany from Minsk and flew there from Russia.
The famous human rights activist wrote a letter to Prosecutor General Ryhor Vasilevich, where he asks to bring to responsibility the people who unlawfully included him in the data base of the restricted to travel abroad.
“I have recently tried to cross the Belarusian border legally – I was invited to Germany,” Valer Shchukin said to “Belorusski Partizan.” “But border guards didn’t allow me to leave the country, they said my name was in the list of those, who are restricted to exit Belarus.
I don’t know why I’m prohibited to leave Belarus. I have no “sins.” Moreover, last year I received a permission stamp in passport for travelling abroad, if I had any debts to the state, I wouldn’t have received the permission.”
It’s worthy to note that Valer Shchukin went to Germany after all. Through Russia.
”Belarusian border guards were amazed, to say the least of it, to see me coming back to Belarus, according to their lists, I stayed in the country!” Shchukin tells. “But they couldn’t ban me entry... Of course, I wrote a letter to Prosecutor General Ryhor Vasilevich, where I ask to examine the situation and punish the guilty. I’m waiting for an answer...”
It’s not the first case when the authorities don’t let opposition representatives go abroad. For example, Anatol Lyabedzka, leader of the United Civil Party, is restricted to travel abroad. Anzhalika Borys wasn’t allowed to go to Poland several times. A stamp in passport, which by the way has two grammatical mistakes, is becoming a means of deterrence of opposition.
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