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Activist says he'll be tortured if Serbia extradites him to Belarus
euronews (in English)
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26/08/2024
Journalist Andrey Gnyot is under house arrest in Serbia for tax evasion - but human rights experts says it's a ruse to extradite him to Belarus.
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At first glance, this looks like an ordinary apartment in Belgrade, similar to the ones
00:06
that many Eastern Europeans have started renting since Russia invaded Ukraine.
00:11
However, the flowers, messages of support and an electronic nanowire tracking device
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reveal a different story for Belarusian activist Andrei Hunyat.
00:23
This advertising director and journalist landed in Belgrade last October and was detained
00:28
on a Belarusian warrant for alleged tax evasion.
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But he and his team say the extradition request is driven by Lukashenko's regime's desire
00:38
to capture him and anyone who broadcasts images of the 2020 Belarusian protests.
00:45
A journalist who used to work during protests was detained, arrested, tortured and many
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Belgrade's High Court has already ruled that Hunyat should be extradited to Belarus.
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He has appealed to the Court of Appeal and expects a decision by the 27th of August.
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If he is sent to Belarus, he is certain of the fate that awaits him.
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Lawyer and human rights expert Nikola Kovačević tells Euronews that many European countries
01:41
rarely decide to extradite people to Russia, Belarus and China because of the risk of political
01:47
persecution.
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Many critics of Lukashenko face arbitrary arrest and harassment in Belarus.
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