Norway’s Foreign Minister criticizes Belarus after arrests of activists: “Political prisoners must be released”
Norway's Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide (H) strongly criticized Belarus on Thursday.
Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide (H) strongly criticized Belarus on Thursday.
Belarusian security officials stormed the offices of activists fighting for civil rights in the country on Wednesday.
The rights group Vyasna states that the office in Minsk and the home addresses of at least five of the members elsewhere in the country were visited by the security agents. Several were arrested.
Norway strongly condemned the actions of President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.
“The authorities in Belarus show a total lack of respect for fundamental human rights,” Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide tweeted on Thursday.
“Norway condemns the attacks on civil society and the arrest of human rights defenders in Vyasna and other organizations. Political prisoners must be released immediately,” she added.
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