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The Foreign Secretary launched a first tranche of sanctions against Belarusian individuals and organisations in response to Belarus' role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The UK government introduces new sanctions on Belarus as the Lukashenko regime continues to actively facilitate Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
At the conference, the UK called for accountability on behalf of persecuted Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarussian journalists and human rights activists.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Media Freedom Coalition's Executive Group have issued a statement on the Belarus elections.
The UK has sanctioned 8 members of the Belarusian regime, including Alexander Lukashenko, for human rights violations in Belarus after the rigged elections.
A summary of activity in 2020 by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and its diplomatic network to defend human rights and promote democracy worldwide.
Ian Stubbs (UK delegation to the OSCE) stresses that, when Putin is losing on the battlefield, he takes the war to the Ukrainian people instead.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
At the London G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' Meeting, leading democracies will discuss global issues that threaten to undermine democracy and human rights.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to address systematic human rights violations in these countries.
The UK took the opportunity to discuss China, Iran, Chechnya, the DPRK, Yemen, Egypt, Libya and Venezuela.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The UK Minister for Europe Leo Docherty calls for the immediate and unconditional release of political prisoners in Belarus.
Minister Wendy Morton gave a statement at an informal meeting of the UN Security Council on human rights in Belarus.
The UK's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Simon Manley, delivered a general comment ahead of a vote on the resolution on the human rights situation in Belarus.
UK Ambassador Bush delivers a statement on behalf of 35 OSCE states to invoke the Vienna Mechanism in relation to serious human rights violations in Belarus.
The UK's International Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, delivered this statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen
The UK and the Informal Group of Friends of Democratic Belarus deliver a joint statement on elections in Belarus and the deteriorating human rights situation.
On 15 January UK Visas and Immigration’s commercial partner, Teleperformance, opened its permanent Visa Application Centre in Minsk.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave a statement at a press conference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the US.
Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas Wendy Morton gave a statement at the OSCE Permanent Council on 5 November 2020.
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverley says the disaster in Ukraine will only end when Russia halts its barbaric war and withdraws fully and unconditionally.
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