Belarus deserter gets political asylum in Lithuania
https://spring96.org/en/news/61920
2013
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Mr Zacharcanka told the Lithuanian internet portal 15min he had been officially notifed about the decision by Lithuanian Department of Migration on March 15.
Mr
Zacharcanka deserted his military unit near Minsk in the summer of 2011
and fled to Lithuania. The young man claimed he decided to desert
because he refused to sign a paper agreeing to use force and arms
against civilians in case of mass protests. He was badly beaten for
that, Mr Zacharcanka claimed.
