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UK and 37 other countries invoke the OSCE Vienna Mechanism in respect of serious human rights concerns in Belarus, including torture, physical or sexual violence, lack of basic medical care and privacy, lack of a fair trial,…
Statement for the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus. Delivered by UK Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
UK and 35 other countries call for immediate and unconditional release of political prisoners in Belarus.
Deputy Ambassador Deirdre Brown delivers a joint statement to the OSCE Permanent Council on behalf of Canada, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, the US and the UK reaffirming our commitment to the rights and fundam…
Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on situation of human rights in Belarus. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French.
Ambassador Holland calls on Russia and Belarus to live up to their OSCE commitments and reiterates UK support for the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
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.
UK Minister for Europe, Leo Docherty, condemns the undemocratic conduct of the 2024 parliamentary elections in Belarus, amid increasing repression.
The UK joins other participating States in expressing concern regarding the absence of conditions for free and fair elections in Belarus, and the ongoing shocking human rights violations in the run up to the February electio…
UK and allies have sanctioned human rights abusers 75 years after Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The UK government announces new sanctions targeting people and groups that are supplying and funding Putin's war machine.
UK and partners note the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and say that we must continue to fight for freedom, gender equality, justice and democracy.
NATO Allies condemn Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and destructive behaviour in the OSCE. Allies reiterate that Ukraine’s future is in NATO.
The UK and others issue a statement to the OSCE's Permanent Council on the human rights situation in Belarus, calling for immediate release of all political prisoners.
Ambassador Neil Holland reaffirms UK support for the OSCE human dimension and calls on Russia and Belarus to cease human rights violations.
The UK and other countries gave a statement on behalf of the Informal Group of Friends on the Safety of Journalists, calling on Russia to stop repressing journalists.
At the conference, the UK called for accountability on behalf of persecuted Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarussian journalists and human rights activists.
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.
Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the Secretary-General’s Report on Reprisals. Delivered by the UK on 29 September 2023 at 54th Human Rights Council.
UK statement for Interactive Dialogue on interim oral update of High Commissioner on human rights situation in Belarus in run-up to 2020 presidential election.
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