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We affirm that the sanctions we have recently announced represent a coordinated, multilateral effort to advance accountability for the Lukashenko regime,
the countries said in a joint statement Friday Four years on from the brutal scenes we witnessed in Belarus, Lukashenko’s relentless crackdown on civil society has shown no signs of abating,
commented UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy According to the Viasna Human Rights Centre, a Belarusian non-governmental organisation, 1389 political prisoners remain incarcerated in Belarus, including human rights defenders, journalists, members of the democratic opposition and trade unionists,
The EU remains united in its support for the brave people of Belarus, the Belarusian democratic movement and civil society in their quest for a free, democratic, sovereign and independent Belarus as part of a peaceful Europe,
There are currently around 1,400 political prisoners in detention. These are only a fraction of the thousands of people who have been imprisoned and released for political reasons since 2020,
Borrell recalled, noting that at least six political prisoners have died in Belarusian prisons It’s obvious that Belarus has begun to disappear from the Western agenda after a four-year journey from the front pages of international media to sadly waning interest in the fate of thousands of Belarusian political prisoners,
It has become obvious that neither Belarus nor Belarusian prisoners are a priority for Western partners,
Lukashenko has been unable to overcome his fear and get rid of the 2020 trauma, so next year’s presidential election will be held in a tough repressive environment, amid suppression of any activism and overfilled prisons,
said Valery Karbalevich, an independent analyst I am happy to see the Russians released, but I’m shocked that no one remembered about the fate of Belarusian political prisoners,
Bialiatski's wife, Natalia Pinchuk, told The Associated Press Obviously there was a window of opportunity for freeing Belarusians, because Minsk was involved in the scheme and took part in negotiations with Berlin regarding Krieger,
We haven’t won yet, but we haven’t been defeated, because people haven’t given up,
Repressions in Belarus are only intensifying, the number of police raids and arrests grows,
Lukashenko is afraid of freeing political prisoners; he’s holding them hostage,
Together with Western partners, including the U.S., Germany and Poland, we are looking for mechanisms to set them free,