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On behalf of the UK and Canada, UK Deputy Ambassador Brown voices concerns about attempts by the regime in Belarus to engineer a migrant crisis in Europe.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
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.
On behalf of 46 countries, the Lithuanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Rytis Paulauskas gave a cross-regional statement at Third Committee.
UK International Ambassador for Human Rights Rita French gave a statement thanking the High Commissioner for the update on the human rights situation in Belarus.
UK Deputy Ambassador Deirdre Brown reiterates demand for Belarus to stop the crackdown against civil society, human rights defenders and independent media.
The UK has imposed new sanctions on Belarus.
Ambassador Neil Bush again condemns systematic state-led human rights violations in Belarus following its fraudulent Presidential election in August 2020.
Deirdre Brown, Deputy Head of the UK Delegation to the OSCE, raises UK concerns about the further deterioration of the human rights situation in Belarus.
The Foreign Secretary has condemned the escalation in repression in Belarus by the authorities.
The UK's Ambassador to the UN and WTO in Geneva, Simon Manley, delivered this statement during the session on the draft resolution A/HRC/47/L.13 on Belarus.
The UK's Ambassador to the UN and WTO in Geneva, Simon Manley, delivered this statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Belarus.
The UK's Ambassador to the UN and WTO in Geneva, Simon Manley, delivered this statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Joint statement by Canada, the European Union, United Kingdom, and United States Department of State on Belarus sanctions.
The UK, in parallel with the US, Canada and EU, has imposed sanctions against 11 individuals and 2 entities from the Belarusian regime.
Ambassador Neil Bush raises UK concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in Belarus at the OSCE Permanent Council.
Members of the Media Freedom Coalition condemned the arrest of Roman Protasevich by the Belarusian authorities.
The UK welcomes decision by the International Civil Aviation Organization to open a fact-finding mission into diverted Ryanair flight.
A statement on Belarus by the foreign ministers of G7 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the USA, and the High Representative of the EU.
Ambassador Neil Bush condemns the actions on 23 May by the Belarusian authorities, who arrested journalist Roman Protasevich having forced his flight to land in Minsk.
The UK has issued a notice to airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace after a Ryanair flight was diverted to Minsk yesterday by the Belarusian authorities.
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