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Belarus Blocks Extradition

Lithuania has a prison sentence and a European arrest warrant. Bringing a convicted man home now depends on decisions beyond its eastern border.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 9

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Belarus has refused to extradite Antanas Kandrotas to Lithuania, where authorities want him to serve a prison sentence, Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice announced on November 5.

The ministry said it had informed Kaunas Regional Court of the Belarusian Prosecutor General’s Office’s decision. Its announcement gave no explanat…

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