Valyantsin Stefanovich banned from travel due to "bug"

Stefanovіch commented on the response to Euroradio:

Stefanovіch: "They said that a technical bug occurred in the period between February 24, 2012 and March 10, 2012. My name was added to the data bank accidentally".

Let us remind you that the human rights defender was not allowed to leave Belarus in March. It was stated that the Ministry of Defence had something on him for draft evasion. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has claimed that all the lists of travel banned will be checked now. However, Byahun did not say how long the check-up would take. He promised to review the list of travel banned after the check-up.

Meanwhile, the human rights activist does not exclude that he may sue the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get compensation. According to Stefanovich, he missed many international human rights events due to being banned from travel.

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