Decision; Subjects: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, BELARUS; [CCPR: UNO-Pakt II, Internationaler Pakt über bürgerliche und politische Rechte; Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques; Patto II]
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GE.26-04511 (E) 210426 210426 Human Rights Committee Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 4114/2022*, ** Communication submitted by: A.S. (not represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The author State Party: Belarus Date of communication: 22 July 2020 (initial submission) Substantive issue: Freedom of expression 1. The author of the communication is A.S., a national of Belarus. He alleges that the State Party violated his rights under article 19 of the Covenant by sentencing him to a fine for sharing posts on his social media page. 2. On 16 March 2022, the communication was registered. 3. On 12 July 2022, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and the merits of the communication, which were transmitted to the author on 16 February 2023. 4. On 18 March 2025, a reminder was sent to the author to submit his comments on the State Party’s observations. The author was informed that, in the absence of a response by 19 May 2025, the communication might be discontinued. 5. On 16 March 2026, the Committee, in the light of the fact that it had received no response from the author, with whom it had apparently lost contact, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 4114/2022.
* Adopted by the Committee at its 145th session (2–19 March 2026). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Wafaa Ashraf Moharram Bassim, Rodrigo A. Carazo, Yvonne Donders, Carlos Ramón Fernández Liesa, Laurence R. Helfer, Konstantin Korkelia, Dalia Leinarte, Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Akmal Saidov, Ivan Šimonović, Soh Changrok, Tijana Šurlan, Teraya Koji, Hélène Tigroudja and Imeru Tamerat Yigezu. United Nations CCPR/C/145/D/4114/2022 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr.: General 21 April 2026 Original: English