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Foreign Secretary statement on the sentencing of Maria Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has provided a statement following the sentencing of Maria Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak in Belarus

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab
• Published: 6 September 2021

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said:

The sentencing of Maria Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak shows the Belarusian authorities continuing their assault on the defenders of democracy and freedom.

Locking up political opponents will only deepen the pariah status of the Lukashenko regime.

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Published 6 September 2021