Belarus: Political Prisoners
Commons · Question 28966 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
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.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 17 Feb 2025
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 t...