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Washington lays sanction on Belarusian officials

The US announced on Thursday that they have laid sanctions on 43 officials of the Belarusian regime, including representatives of the judiciary and law enforcement agencies. The American authorities accused them of “undermining democracy” by, among others, detaining participants of protests.

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The State Department did not reveal the names of those covered with the restrictions, who now cannot enter the US.



The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that his country is alarmed by the brutal deeds of Alexander Lukashenko’s regime conducted on protesters, activists and journalists.



“We stand with the brave people of Belarus and support their right to free and fair elections,” he said.



The action targets law enforcement leaders and personnel the State Department accused of detaining and abusing peaceful demonstrators, as well as judges and prosecutors allegedly involved in sentencing protesters and journalists to prison, among others.

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More than 33,000 people have been detained in a violent crackdown on protests against Mr Lukashenko’s rule following a contested election last August that his opponents say was rigged to extend his rule. He has been in office since 1994.



The crackdown prompted Western countries to impose new sanctions on Minsk. The head of the regime has refused to step down, buttressed by support from Moscow, which sees Belarus as a buffer state against the European Union and NATO.



In December, Washington expanded sanctions on Belarus, targeting four entities and 40 individuals over their roles in the disputed presidential election and the government’s subsequent crackdown on protesters, blacklisting Belarus’ central election commission, among others.



On Thursday, the Belarusian court sentenced Yekaterina Andreeva and Darya Chultsova, a journalist and camerawoman working for Belsat TV, to two years in prison. They were accused of the “organisation and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order” while covering a rally in Minsk.

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