RFE: EU Agrees On Fresh Sanctions For Dozens Of Belarus Officials Including Lukashenka Family Members
European Union foreign ministers have approved a fresh set of sanctions against scores of officials and entities in Belarus including family members of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
The list of 78 people and eight entities, expected to be published in the EU official journal on June 21, includes lawmakers, prosecutors, judges and other officials who the bloc says are "responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition."
Lukashenka's son, Dzmitry, and his eldest son's wife, Liliya, were also put on the sanctions list for "benefiting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime."
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Belarus has been "responsible for serious human rights violations" for decades. Q: So why wait until they hijacked a plane to impose these sanctions? A: Because now the EU can't ignore or sweet coat what's been the case all along. It's all bullsh*t politics. F'n hypocrites.
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