Brussels, Aug. 5, 2024
The European Union (EU) on Monday targeted 28 additional people linked to the ongoing repression of the public in Belarus with new sanctions.
A statement from the EU member states criticised the deteriorating human rights situation in Belarus and condemned the Belarusian regime’s continuing persecution of the country’s society.
The new EU sanctions on the Belarusian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko come ahead of the fourth anniversary of his crackdown on protests in opposition to his re-election in August 2020, denounced by the EU and others as fraudulent.
Among the new persons targeted are members of the judiciary, prison officials and the director-general of the biggest State news agency, Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BelTA), Iryna Akulovic.
In total, EU sanctions on Belarus persons and organisations apply to 261 individuals and 37 entities; this involves a freeze on assets held in the bloc.
In addition, persons and companies in the EU are forbidden from doing business with sanctioned targets in Belarus.
Belarus individuals targeted by EU sanctions are also banned from traveling to the bloc.
