Ex-Miss Belarus turned MP indicates Minsk could revoke citizenship from Belarusians it labels ‘extremists,’ as protests continue

MP Maria Vasilevich,

MP Maria Vasilevich, a former Miss Belarus, has revealed that the country’s parliament will soon consider depriving Belarusians of their citizenship if they cause “serious harm” to the national interest.

Vasilevich, a member of Minsk’s Standing Commission on Human Rights, National Relations, and the Mass Media, said on Friday that the House of Representatives would debate a wide range of amendments to Belarus’s citizenship law, not only simplifying the process to become a citizen, but also making it easier for the government to deprive a Belarusian of their passport.

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