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US bans entry to 43 Belarusian citizens supporting Lukashenka's regime

The US State Department has banned the issuance of visas to 43 Belarusian citizens who, according to Washington, are responsible for undermining democracy in the country. This is stated on the site US State Department.

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“The United States remains alarmed by the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's ongoing brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters, pro-democracy activists, and journalists. “The February 16 raids on the human rights organization Viasna, the Belarusian Association of Journalists and Independent Trade Unions, as well as the February 18 sentencing of journalists Ekaterina Andreeva and Daria Chultsova are of particular concern,” the department said in a statement.

“The State Department has taken action and imposed visa restrictions on 43 Belarusian citizens responsible for undermining Belarusian democracy, making them ineligible to enter the United States,” the State Department said on its website.

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According to the department, in the back were “high-ranking officials of the justice sector, heads of law enforcement agencies and ordinary employees who detained and insulted peaceful demonstrators, judges and prosecutors involved in sentencing peaceful demonstrators and journalists to imprisonment, as well as academic leaders who threatened students for participating in peaceful protests ”.

Among other things, it is noted that previously the United States has already restricted the entry of another 66 persons.

“These individuals included senior officials of the Lukashenko regime, as well as citizens of Russia and Belarus, involved in obstructing independent media and otherwise undermining the integrity of media freedom in Belarus,” the State Department said.

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The ministry stressed that the United States continues to support international efforts to independently investigate election violations in Belarus, election-related human rights violations and subsequent repression: “We support the brave people of Belarus and support their right to free and fair elections” ...

After the presidential elections in Belarus, which took place on August 9, the country was covered with a wave of protests and rallies... Protesters are severely beaten and dispersed by the security forces... Lukashenka said that the elections were held according to all the rules, and he not going to leave the presidency.

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