Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tony Lloyd (Labour), on Monday, 20 March 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 11 members in total.

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Freedom Day in Belarus

That this House expresses its support for Belarusians celebrating Freedom Day on 25 March to mark that day in 1918 when Belarus gained its independence; notes that the fraudulent Belarusian presidential election in 2020, in which Alexander Lukashenko falsely declared victory over Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, resulted in peaceful mass protests against the Lukashenko regime and the fraudulent election, followed by severe reprisals and repression; considers Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to be the leader of a democratic Belarus and commends the courage and determination of the opposition in exile working towards democratic governance in that country; calls on the authoritarian Lukashenko regime to release the thousands of political prisoners, drop the prosecution in absentia of the Belarusian opposition in exile, uphold freedoms of expression, association and assembly, and end its support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and requests that the Government provides further support to Belarusians in exile, to expand and tighten its sanctions regime against Belarusians responsible for serious and systematic human rights violations, and to join calls for the opening of a BBC Belarusian service and the suspension of Belarus from Interpol and UEFA.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

983 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Wayne David

Hywel Williams

Jim Shannon

Liz Saville Roberts

Ben Lake

Subjects

Anniversaries Politics and government Belarus

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk