Human rights defender Valery Shchukin deprived of pension
Prominent human rights
activist Valery Shchukin may get deprived of his pension and means of living
due to a denial from the citizenship and migration department of the Frunzenski
District Police Department of Minsk.
The information is spread by “Our Home” campaign.
After six months in courts, Valery Shchukin reached the Supreme Court on 19 December
2011. The human rights defenders lodged an appeal against the ruling of the
Frunzenski District Court on denial of residence registration. He submitted the
necessary documents to the Supreme Court on the request of the head of the
department for complaints and public appeals. After two months of waiting, the
Supreme Court sent a negative answer. Mr. Shchukin thinks he is being evicted
to street to beg with an outstretched hand.
Valery Shchukin, a 70-year-old pensioner of the USSR Armed Forces, has been
officially considered homeless for the tenth year. He is the only Belarusian
who does not have home and the right to vote on political motives and may now
be deprived of means of living.
