On the immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus: threats from the investigative Committee
B-10-2025-0229
on behalf of the PPE Group · Rapporteur: Sebastião Bugalho, Miriam Lexmann, Michael Gahler, Isabel WiselerLima, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Tomas Tobé, Dariusz Joński, Luděk Niedermayer, Seán Kelly, Vangelis Meimarakis, Andrey Kovatchev, Wouter Beke, Danuše Nerudová, Loránt Vincze, Jessica Polfjärd, Sandra Kalniete, Łukasz Kohut, Antonio LópezIstúriz White, Tomáš Zdechovský, Inese Vaidere
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Parliament condemns the Lukashenka regime's repression of Belarusians at home and abroad, including surveillance, asset seizures, and politically motivated charges. It demands an end to repression, release of political prisoners, and stronger EU sanctions and support for exiles and civil society.¶¶¶
Key points
- Condemns the continued expansion of repression by the Lukashenka regime, targeting Belarusians abroad with criminal prosecution, asset seizures, and other measures.¶
- Denounces the use of judicial instruments by the Belarusian Investigative Committee to criminalize peaceful participation in pro-democracy demonstrations and intimidate participants and their families.¶
- Condemns systematic violations of international human rights norms, including freedom of assembly, expression, and political participation.¶
- Demands immediate cessation of repression against Belarusians within Belarus and abroad, including politically motivated charges, asset seizures, and surveillance, and calls for release of all political prisoners.¶
- Calls on the EU and member states to maintain public scrutiny of politically motivated imprisonment and targeting of relatives, and to expand and enforce targeted sanctions against Belarusian officials.¶
- Calls on the EU and member states to strengthen legal protections and visa access for Belarusian exiles and activists, and to coordinate support for citizens with expired passports.¶
- Calls on the EU and member states to maintain and expand support for independent civil society, journalists, lawyers, and human rights defenders, and to continue monitoring trials.¶
Who is affected
- Belarusian exiles, pro-democracy activists, and those fleeing persecution, who would gain stronger legal protections and visa access.¶
- Independent civil society activists, journalists, lawyers, and human rights defenders in Belarus and in exile, who would receive continued EU support.¶
- Belarusian officials responsible for transnational repression, who face expanded targeted sanctions.¶