Russia plans to extradite 21-year-old Andrei Kazimirov back to Belarus to face criminal charges for taking part in ‘mass unrest.’ His mother hopes for the European Court of Human Rights to intervene and stop the extradition
Russia now plans to extradite the 21-year-old back to Belarus to face criminal charges for taking part in "mass unrest". The Moscow City Court approved his handover last Thursday despite his lawyer arguing he could be mistreated and had sought asylum.
The Moscow Helsinki Group, Russia's oldest rights organisation, is petitioning for a moratorium on extraditions from Russia to Belarus. It cites what it says is a threat to "the rights, health and even life" of activists returned to Belarus, saying they could face torture. Reuters could not establish how many Belarusian protesters are hiding in Russia. The Russian general prosecutor's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
That sparked uproar in the West and talk of new sanctions, which Russia has said it will help Belarus weather. Putin, like Lukashenko, has faced nationwide opposition protests and incurred Western sanctions over the jailing of an outspoken political opponent, Alexei Navalny.Kazimirov has a final Russian court appeal. Illarion Vasilyev, his lawyer, said he plans to ask the European Court of Human Rights to intervene and stop the extradition.
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