Britain, Canada respond to Belarus' 'sham' presidential election with sanctions
Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions targeting the regime of Belarus' dictator president, Alexander Lukashenko, following his disputed election over the weekend to a seventh term.
UK sanctions Belarusian officials and condemns 'sham' election
Britain on Monday imposed sanctions targeting Belarusian officials and defence companies after joining Western governments in condemning what they called "sham" presidential elections in the country.
UK sanctions Belarus officials and defence firms after 'sham election'
Britain’s foreign office on Monday said it had sanctioned six Belarus individuals and three defence sector firms, a day after a “sham election” in which autocrat Alexander Lukashenko won a seventh ter
EU rejects election in Belarus and threatens new sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union rejected the election in Belarus on Sunday as illegitimate and threatened new sanctions. Belarus held an orchestrated vote virtually guaranteed to give 70-year-old autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko yet another term on top of his three decades in power.
Canada imposes sanctions on Belarus, cites human rights abuses
U.S. President Donald Trump stressed the importance of India buying more American-made security equipment and moving toward a fair bilateral trading relationship in a phone call with Prime ...
Sanctions rain down on Belarus after Lukashenko's “rigged” election
On Monday, the British Foreign Office sanctioned a number of individuals and entities in Belarus in response to the presidential election. Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected for a seventh five-year term with a dictatorial score of over 87% of the vote,
UK imposes sanctions on Belarus
Britain, the European Union and their allies on Monday condemned what they called "sham" presidential elections in Belarus, ...
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Belarus’s Integral Bypasses Sanctions, Fuels Russian War Effort
Documents obtained by OCCRP and analyzed by BIC helped reveal how Belarus’s Integral continues to produce and supply ...
Minister Joly announces new sanctions in response to fraudulent presidential election and ongoing human rights violations in Belarus
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing new sanctions against 10 ...
Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country ...
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Belarus opposition and Western leaders reject election result that extends strongman’s rule
Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials on Monday denounced an orchestrated election that extends the more than ...
Lukashenko wins Belarus election with 87.6 per cent of vote: exit poll
EU said it will not lift sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko’s government following ‘sham’ presidential elections.
Belarus frees American woman from detention as strongman leader looks to extend 30-year rule
Belarus “unilaterally” freed an American woman, Anastassia Nuhfer, from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...
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Hungary blocks EU statement condemning Belarus election as undemocratic, RFE/RL reports
Hungarian representatives blocked a joint statement by European Union member states rejecting the presidential election in ...