{"id":523167,"date":"2026-03-05T16:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=523167"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:48:45","slug":"commission-on-return-meets-for-first-time-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/commission-on-return-meets-for-first-time-this-year","title":{"rendered":"Commission On Return Meets For First Time This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>On March 5 the first meeting this year of the Commission for the Review of Appeals from Belarusian Citizens Regarding Offences They Have Committed was held. The meeting was chaired by Prosecutor General <b>Dzmitry Hora<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cIn their appeals, citizens stated their desire to return to Belarus, lead a law-abiding lifestyle, and respect national symbols and traditions,\u201d<\/i> the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>It was not reported how many appeals the commission reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the commission decided to inform applicants whether criminal cases, administrative proceedings or unexecuted decisions on administrative arrest exist against them.<\/p>\n<p>The commission on return was established in early February 2023 by a decree of <b>Alyaksandr Lukashenka<\/b>. It is intended to review appeals from Belarusians who have left the country and fear returning home because of repression. The commission also determines the conditions under which citizens may return to Belarus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_523121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-523121\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-523121\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-47-59.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-47-59.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-47-59-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-47-59-1200x728.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-47-59-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-47-59-660x400.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-523121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_523119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-523119\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-523119\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-06.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-06-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-06-1200x728.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-06-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-06-660x400.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-523119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_523120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-523120\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-523120\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-02.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-02-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-02-1200x728.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-02-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-05_16-48-02-660x400.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-523120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 5 the first meeting this year of the Commission for the Review of Appeals from Belarusian Citizens Regarding Offences They Have Committed was held. The meeting was chaired by Prosecutor General Dzmitry Hora. \u201cIn their appeals, citizens stated their desire to return to Belarus, lead a law-abiding lifestyle, and respect national symbols and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":523166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69a997d38238c.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Commission On Return Meets For First Time This Year"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}