PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(5 February 2025)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Belarusian counterpart on the release of political prisoners.
Asked by:
Wendy Morton (Conservative)
Asked by:
Wendy Morton (Conservative)
Answer
Despite the pardoning of over 250 political prisoners since July 2024, arrests and political repression continue and more than 1,200 political prisoners remain unjustly detained.
We continue to take every opportunity, both publicly and privately, to urge the Belarusian regime to immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners and protect the human rights of its citizens. This includes actively raising the issue of political prisoners at the UN and the OSCE.
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