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Written question asked by Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative) on Monday, 13 March 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 March 2023. It was answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) on Monday, 20 March 2023 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Belarus: Sanctions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will implement further sanctions on Belarus for the imprisonment of Ales Bialatski and Andrzej Poczobut.

Answer

The UK Government is appalled by the brutal and ongoing repression that the Lukashenko regime conducts against its own people. We condemn the politically motivated sentencing and continued detention of Ales Bialiatski and Andrzej Poczobut. The UK Government keeps all sanctions regimes under review, however we do not speculate on future designations as to do so could reduce their impact.

Since 2020, the UK has imposed over 120 sanctions designations in response to the human rights violations and repression of civil society and democratic opposition that followed the flawed presidential election result in Belarus.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
163832
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Detainees Sanctions Belarus Bialiatski, Ales Poczobut, Andrzej
Link
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