Georgia: Pardoned protester must be protected from forcible return to Russia
Human rights groups say he faces a real risk of prosecution and abuse if Georgia sends him back to Russia.
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Georgia blocks pardoned Russian activist Denis Kulanin from flying to Armenia, as rights advocates fear he’ll be deported to Russia
Georgia’s Interior Ministry immigration department has blocked Russian national Denis Kulanin from leaving the country, according to the human rights group APUS. Kulanin, released a few days ago after being pardoned, had planned to fly to Yerevan.
Georgia: Pardoned protester must be protected from forcible return to Russia
Reacting to reports that Russian national Denis Kulanin remains in detention after he was pardoned by the president on 28 August, and amid concerns that he could be deported to Russia, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director, said: “Denis Kulanin has publicly opposed Russia’s war against Ukraine and expressed support […] The post Georgia: Pardoned protester must be protected from forcible return …
Denis Kulanin’s lawyer, Tsiala Ratiani, writes that today the Migration Department has petitioned the Tbilisi City Court to deport Denis Kulanin to his country of origin – the Russian Federation. According to her, the court will be held without an oral hearing, in the absence of the parties, which will not allow the defense to orally substantiate their position: “Today the Migration Department did not allow Denis Kulanin to leave Georgia […] The…
Pardoned Protester Held in Migration Custody in Tbilisi Amid Fears of Russia Deportation - Civil Georgia
Denis Kulanin, a Russian citizen who was recently pardoned after being convicted on protest-related charges in Georgia, has been placed in the Interior Ministry’s Migration Department temporary accommodation center, with his lawyers warning that authorities may seek to deport him to Russia. Against initial hopes that he would be allowed to voluntarily leave for a third country, those plans have been delayed after the court granted a motion to ke…
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