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The UK expressed concerns regarding restrictions on human rights, such as freedom of expression, including for journalists and media workers.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
At the conference, the UK called for accountability on behalf of persecuted Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarussian journalists and human rights activists.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
UK and 37 other countries invoke the OSCE Vienna Mechanism in respect of serious human rights concerns in Belarus, including torture, physical or sexual violence, lack of basic medical care and privacy, lack of a fair trial,…
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 Permanent Representative to the UK in Geneva, Ambassador Simon Manley, delivered a statement on the update on the human rights situation in Belarus.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
H.E. René Rosager Dinesen, Ambassador of Denmark to the OSCE, gave a statement on behalf of 17 invoking States at the OSCE Permanent Council on 5 November 2020.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Two Belarusian diplomats have been expelled from the UK today in response to the unjustified expulsion of two British diplomats from Belarus earlier this week.
This page includes summaries of Conflict, Stability and Security Fund programmes in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions.
The UK's Ambassador to the WTO and UN in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, delivered this statement during the Universal Periodic Review Adoption for the Republic of Belarus.
At OSCE Permanent Council UK says the extent of repression and the number of political prisoners in Belarus is staggering.
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