Swedish embassy in Minsk harbours two Belarusians for five months
by AFP in Stockholm from World news | The Guardian on (#5DZX8)
Father and son sought refuge after protests but are becoming a diplomatic issue for Sweden
Two Belarusians who sought refuge in the Swedish embassy in Minsk in September are still there five months later, Sweden's foreign ministry has announced, in a case turning into a diplomatic headache.
A father and son, Vitaly and Vladislav Kuznechiki, tried to enter the Swedish embassy in the capital of Belarus on 11 September to seek asylum in the midst of widespread protests disputing the election of President Alexander Lukashenko.
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