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Anzhalika Melnikava

Commons · Question 47674 · Tabled 24 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 1 May 2025

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) political repression and (b) reports of the disappearance of Anzhelika Melnikava.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 1 May 2025

We are appalled by the repression that the Lukashenko regime conducts against its own people. UK policy on Belarus seeks to support a more open society, democracy, and human rights, directly opposing political repression. In August 2024, the UK announced ...