The author of the communication is N.K., a national of Belarus. She alleges that the State Party violated her rights under articles 19 and 21 of the Covenant by sentencing her to a fine for participating in an unauthorized peaceful protest.
On 20 May 2021, the communication was registered.
On 3 October 2023, the State Party submitted its observations on the admissibility and the merits of the communication, which were transmitted to the author on 13 March 2024.
On 3 June 2025, a reminder was sent to the author to submit her comments on the State Party’s observations. The author was informed that, in the absence of a response by 4 August 2025, the communication might be discontinued.
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. 3944/2021.