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| Lithuania refuses extradition request for opposition leader from Belarus |
| 2021-07-12 |
| Direct translation of the article via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] The refusal from the Lithuanian authorities to the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus to extradite Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was received by the Belarusian side. This was announced on July 11 by the General Prosecutor of the Republic Andrei Shved on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel. “ We have received documents ... about Lithuania’s refusal to extradite her (Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - REGNUM's note ) ,” the Prosecutor General said. TASS reported: According to the Belarusian prosecutor general, "no motives" for the refusal were provided. "We see no legal grounds for that," he noted. He said that several Belarusian opposition activists, who face criminal charges in Belarus, are currently living in Lithuania. "We are taking all possible measures to ensure that these criminals are extradited to Belarus," he noted. "We have very good results of work in this area with our Russian colleagues and we are thankful to them for that. Such personas are extradited under law when there are legal grounds for that." |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Kidnap crews will be deployed, just like the Turks |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-07-12 06:50 |
| #1 No Svet, we like her and going to keep her. |
| Posted by: Clem Bourbon7787 2021-07-12 04:37 |