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The UK and 16 other states have triggered the Moscow Mechanism to investigate Belarus elections.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Permanent Representative of Denmark to the OSCE, Ambassador René Dinesen, delivers this statement on behalf of 37 OSCE participating States.
Ambassador Neil Bush speaks about recent developments in Belarus on behalf of Canada and the UK.
Ambassador Neil Bush again condemns systematic state-led human rights violations in Belarus following its fraudulent Presidential election in August 2020.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemns actions by the Belarusian authorities.
The UN Human Rights Council concluded its 29th Session today with important resolutions on Syria, South Sudan, Belarus, Ukraine, discrimination and violence against women
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Mrs Jacqueline Perkins has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Members of the Media Freedom Coalition condemned the arrest of Roman Protasevich by the Belarusian authorities.
The UK imposed more sanctions in response to the Lukashenko regime's continued disregard for international law, and ongoing human rights violations in Belarus.
Information about the publication of Child Support Agency statistics.
The UK has imposed new sanctions on Belarus.
Import prohibitions in force on certain goods originating or consigned from Belarus imported into the UK, including Northern Ireland.
The Foreign Secretary has issued a statement following the recent crackdown on journalists in Belarus.
Ambassador Neil Holland says that the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference is an important manifestation of participating States' will to preserve the OSCE’s capacity to defend and promote human rights.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Media Freedom Coalition condemns Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked and unjustifiable war and use of coordinated disinformation campaigns against Ukraine.
The United Kingdom will be the guest of honour at the XXIV Minsk International Book Fair, held on 8-12 February 2017.
The UK's Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas, Wendy Morton, delivered this statement during the urgent debate on Belarus.
The UK calls on the Government of Belarus to refrain from further violence and to respect the fundamental human rights of the Belarusian people.
This is an update to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2014 Human Rights and Democracy Report.
Canadian Ambassador Jocelyn Kinnear stresses that the Belarusian authorities have intensified the brutal and unprecedented repression of the Belarusian people.
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