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Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner鈥檚 report on situation of human rights in Belarus. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Ambassador Holland calls on Russia and Belarus to live up to their OSCE commitments and reiterates UK support for the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
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.
UK Minister for Europe, Leo Docherty, condemns the undemocratic conduct of the 2024 parliamentary elections in Belarus, amid increasing repression.
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鈥�
UK and allies have sanctioned human rights abusers 75 years after Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The UK government announces new sanctions targeting people and groups that are supplying and funding Putin's war machine.
UK and partners note the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and say that we must continue to fight for freedom, gender equality, justice and democracy.
NATO Allies condemn Russia鈥檚 illegal invasion of Ukraine and destructive behaviour in the OSCE. Allies reiterate that Ukraine鈥檚 future is in NATO.
The UK and others issue a statement to the OSCE's Permanent Council on the human rights situation in Belarus, calling for immediate release of all political prisoners.
Ambassador Neil Holland reaffirms UK support for the OSCE human dimension and calls on Russia and Belarus to cease human rights violations.
The UK and other countries gave a statement on behalf of the Informal Group of Friends on the Safety of Journalists, calling on Russia to stop repressing journalists.
At the conference, the UK called for accountability on behalf of persecuted Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarussian journalists and human rights activists.
Ambassador Neil Holland says that the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference is an important manifestation of participating States' will to preserve the OSCE鈥檚 capacity to defend and promote human rights.
Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the Secretary-General鈥檚 Report on Reprisals. Delivered by the UK on 29 September 2023 at 54th Human Rights Council.
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.
UK and others mark the three-year anniversary of the fraudulent presidential election in Belarus.
The UK Minister for Europe Leo Docherty calls for the immediate and unconditional release of political prisoners in Belarus.
Foreign Secretary announces 25 new sanctions targeting Putin鈥檚 access to foreign military equipment.
Ambassador Neil Holland thanks Bulgaria for chairing the Forum for Security Cooperation professionally, despite Russia's destructive behaviour.
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