The author of the communication is V.N., a national of Belarus. He alleges that the State party violated his rights under articles 19 and 21 of the Covenant by arbitrarily refusing to authorize his application to hold a peaceful protest.
On 9 July 2020, the communication was registered.
On 20 October 2020, the State party submitted its observations on the admissibility and merits of the communication, which were transmitted to the author on 16 April 2021.
Reminders to submit his comments on the State party’s observations were sent to the author on 28 June 2023 and 25 January 2025. The author was informed that, in the absence of response by 28 March 2025, the Committee would discontinue its consideration of the communication.
In view of the fact that no response was received and that contact with the author has apparently been lost, the Committee decided to discontinue its consideration of the communication.