Mobilising for Justice in Belarus

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• • EU
  • US
  • UK
  • sanctions
  • Canada

  EU, US, UK, and Canada adopt 5th package of sanctions over continued human rights abuses and the instrumentalisation of migrants

• • EU
  • sanctions
  • migration

  Amid the migration crisis at the Belarus-EU border, the EU broadens scope for sanctions to tackle hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants

• • EU
  • sanctions
  • resolutions

  European Parliament adopts new resolution demanding further and tougher sanctions against Belarus.

• • Viasna
  • EU

  EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore called on behalf of the European Union for the unconditional releases of imprisoned members of Viasna HRC.

• • EU
  • support

  Richard Tibbels, Head of the Eastern Partnership, Regional Cooperation and OSCE Division at the European External Action Service, writes in a letter to FIDH that the EU will continue supporting the people of Belarus and country’s civil society.

• • Viasna
  • EU
  • statements

  Leading MEPs condemn the latest arrests of Sakharov Laureate Ales Bialiatski and other human rights defenders in Belarus

• • Viasna
  • EU
  • statements

  EU High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell makes a statement on the crackdown against civil society

• • EU
  • sanctions

  EU imposes sanctions on Belarusian economy, restricting trade in petroleum, potash, and tobacco, as well as restricting the interaction between Belarus and the EU in banking and telecommunication sectors.

• • EU
  • US
  • UK
  • sanctions
  • Canada

  Fourth round of EU sanctions as well as another round of sanctions by the UK, US and Canada.

• • EU
  • sanctions

  European Parliament adopts resolution on the systematic repression in Belarus and its consequences for European security following abductions from an EU civilian plane intercepted by Belarusian authorities. The resolution’s demands include calls for sectoral sanctions to target key exports from the country and suspend Belarus from SWIFT.

• • EU
  • sanctions

  EU bans Belarusian carriers from its airspace and airports

• • EU
  • support

  European Commission approves the Comprehensive Plan of economic support to democratic Belarus

• • EU
  • support
  • France
  • G7

  Emmanuel Macron invites human rights activist and opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to visit the G7 summit

• • EU
  • US
  • UK
  • Ukraine
  • statements
  • NATO

  Multiple leaders and representatives of EU states, UK, US, Ukraine, NATO, Ryanair, and Western media strongly condemn the forced landing of the Ryanair flight in Belarus as state-sponsored "hijacking," "piracy" and "terrorism."

• • reactions
  • EU
  • sanctions
  • international

  Most European airlines and multiple international ones change their routes to avoid Belarus’ airspace. Several states cut air links with Belarus

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