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Joint statement by Canada, the European Union, United Kingdom, and United States Department of State on Belarus sanctions.
UK statement for Interactive Dialogue on interim oral update of High Commissioner on human rights situation in Belarus in run-up to 2020 presidential election.
Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the Secretary-General’s Report on Reprisals. Delivered by the UK on 29 September 2023 at 54th Human Rights Council.
Ian Stubbs (UK delegation to the OSCE) says Putin has continued to mercilessly punish the Ukrainian people for Russia’s poor performance on the battlefield.
This page includes summaries of Conflict, Stability and Security Fund programmes in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions.
Dominic Raab addressed the UN Human Rights Council on some of the most pressing current human rights situations including in Myanmar, Belarus, Russia and China.
The UK, in parallel with the US, Canada and EU, has imposed sanctions against 11 individuals and 2 entities from the Belarusian regime.
The UK joins other participating States in expressing concern regarding the absence of conditions for free and fair elections in Belarus, and the ongoing shocking human rights violations in the run up to the February electio…
The UK government introduces new sanctions on Belarus as the Lukashenko regime continues to actively facilitate Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
At the London G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' Meeting, leading democracies will discuss global issues that threaten to undermine democracy and human rights.
Information about the publication of Child Support Agency statistics.
As part of a global rollout, Access UK was launched in Belarus on 31 March for customers applying for a UK visit visa.
The UK Minister for Europe Leo Docherty calls for the immediate and unconditional release of political prisoners in Belarus.
Minister Wendy Morton gave a statement at an informal meeting of the UN Security Council on human rights in Belarus.
The UK's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Simon Manley, delivered a general comment ahead of a vote on the resolution on the human rights situation in Belarus.
UK Ambassador Bush delivers a statement on behalf of 35 OSCE states to invoke the Vienna Mechanism in relation to serious human rights violations in Belarus.
The UK's International Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, delivered this statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen
The UK and the Informal Group of Friends of Democratic Belarus deliver a joint statement on elections in Belarus and the deteriorating human rights situation.
On 15 January UK Visas and Immigration’s commercial partner, Teleperformance, opened its permanent Visa Application Centre in Minsk.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss met the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Stockholm and discussed Ukraine, Belarus, Iran and Afghanistan.
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