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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2024/3014(RSP))

On the need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus

B-10-2025-0055

on behalf of the Renew Group · Rapporteur: Helmut Brandstätter, Petras Auštrevičius, Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová, Michał Kobosko, Nathalie Loiseau, JanChristoph Oetjen, Urmas Paet, MarieAgnes StrackZimmermann, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Dainius Žalimas

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This resolution condemns the sham presidential election in Belarus on 26 January 2025 and the continued oppression under Aliaksandr Lukashenka. It calls for non-recognition of Lukashenka, release of political prisoners, accountability for crimes against humanity, stronger sanctions, and support for Belarusian democratic forces.

Key points

  1. Calls for the EU and international community to reject the upcoming election as a sham and not recognize Lukashenka as president after 26 January 2025.
  2. Demands immediate release of all political prisoners and an end to repression.
  3. Calls for investigation of human rights abuses and referral to the International Criminal Court, and for allowing expelled Belarusian lawyers to practice in the EU.
  4. Calls for support to political prisoners and their families, including simplified visa procedures for Belarusians fleeing.
  5. Stresses the importance of protecting exiled Belarusians and granting them opportunities to stay and work in the EU.
  6. Commends Belarusian civil society and supports democratic forces led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
  7. Denounces Belarus's complicity in Russia's war against Ukraine and calls for strengthening Belarusian national identity.
  8. Urges stronger sanctions against those responsible for repression and participation in the war, closing loopholes, and sanctioning forced labor.
  9. Calls on EU and Western companies to cease activities in Belarus.
  10. Urges freezing and confiscating assets of sanctioned Belarusian entities and individuals.
  11. Urges Belarus to commute death sentences and abolish capital punishment.

Who is affected

  • Political prisoners in Belarus and their families, who are to be released and supported.
  • Belarusian democratic forces, civil society, and exiles, who receive EU support.
  • EU and Western companies operating in Belarus, which are called to cease activities.
  • Belarusian authorities, who are urged to release prisoners and abolish the death penalty.

Figures and deadlines

  • Over 1,250 political prisoners remain detained in Belarus.
  • At least 8,895 cases of politically motivated persecution were documented in 2024.
  • More than 500,000 Belarusians have fled the country since 2020.
  • Over 250 people sentenced to death have been executed under Lukashenka.
  • Sanctions target 287 individuals and 39 entities.