A Belarusian detained at the border with Georgia at the request of Belarus was granted refugee status in Armenia [translated]

https://www.svaboda.org/a/32937748.html

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  1. pride_of_artaxias on

    Translated:

    >Citizen of Belarus Yaroslav Novikov , who was detained at the beginning of the year in Armenia while crossing the border with Georgia as part of the CIS interstate search on charges of evading military service, received the status of a fugitive in Armenia.

    >”Yaroslav has just received the status of a fugitive, a little later he will be free,” Araik Papikyan , a lawyer of the Helsinki Association of Armenia , who represents the interests of Yaroslav Novikov, told Svaboda.

  2. It’s interesting, and encouraging, that we have become quite a refuge for persecuted people in Eastern Europe in recent years.