September 2024 - Belarus Special Weapons News |
- Exiled Belarus Opposition Hails Lithuanian Appeal To ICC On Lukashenka RFE/RL 30 Sep 2024 -- Belarus's opposition in exile has welcomed Lithuania's plan to ask the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged crimes against humanity by Aleksandr Lukashenka's regime, saying the process could bring international accountability and hope to Lukashenka's victims.
- Belarusian Foreign Minister Says No Peace Project in Ukraine Will Succeed Without Russia Sputnik 29 Sep 2024 -- Belarusian Foreign Affairs Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov said on Saturday that no peace settlement project on the Ukraine conflict would succeed without Russia's participation.
- Exiled opposition leader: 'We want Belarus to return to family of European countries' VOA 27 Sep 2024 -- Among those in New York City for the 79th United Nations General Assembly is exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
- Belarus Reeducating Ukrainian Children Into 'Enemies Of Their Own People,' Report Says RFE/RL 24 Sep 2024 -- Rights groups have called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Belarus and Russia, saying they have proof that hundreds of Ukrainian children were forcibly taken to Belarus during Russia's full-scale invasion and are being "reeducated" to turn against their homeland.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz Prime Minister of Canada 23 Sep 2024
- Climate of fear permeates repressive Belarusian society VOA 23 Sep 2024 -- United Nations investigators are accusing the Belarusian government of Alexander Lukashenko of instilling "a pervasive climate of fear by quashing all avenues of dissent" by systematically oppressing its perceived political opponents.
- Lithuanian Lawyer Imprisoned For Spying For Belarus RFE/RL 20 Sep 2024 -- The Vilnius regional court has found Lithuanian lawyer Mantas Danielius guilty of spying for Belarus and sentenced him to nine years in prison.
- Activist Flees Belarus After Being Charged Over Sending Parcels To 2 Political Prisoners RFE/RL 13 Sep 2024 -- Belarusian activist Hanna Auchynnikava told the Vyasna rights group on September 13 that she fled Belarus without travel documents after being charged with facilitating extremist activities because she sent parcels to political prisoners Zmitser Dashkevich and Svyatoslav Udod.
- More Belarusian Activists Go On Trial Amid Crackdown RFE/RL 09 Sep 2024 -- More Belarusian activists went on trial on September 9 on charges including allegations of support for a group called INeedHelpBy that assists political prisoners and their families.
- Poland Issues Warrants For 3 Belarusians Over Forced Landing Of Commercial Flight In 2021 RFE/RL 06 Sep 2024 -- A court in the Polish capital, Warsaw, on September 6 issued arrests warrants for three Belarusian men over their roles in the forced landing in Minsk of a commercial flight from Athens to Vilnius in May 2021 with dissident blogger Raman Pratasevich aboard.
- Fraudulent presidential election in Belarus: Joint statement to the OSCE on behalf Group of Friends of Democratic Belarus, September 2024 UK FCDO 05 Sep 2024 -- The UK and others mark the four-year anniversary of the fraudulent presidential election in Belarus in 2020.
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