LONDON, Sept 29, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Britain and Canada on Tuesday slapped sanctions on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and senior figures in the regime for a string of human rights violations.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the travel ban and asset freeze on a total of eight individuals sent a “clear message” to Lukashenko’s “violent and fraudulent regime” that “we don’t accept the results of this rigged election”.
“We will hold those responsible for the thuggery deployed against the Belarussian people to account and we will stand up for our values of democracy and human rights,” he said.