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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2900(RSP))

On the situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections

B-10-2025-0451

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group · Rapporteur: Sergey Lagodinsky, Markéta Gregorová, Hannah Neumann, Nicolae Ștefănuță, Mārtiņš Staķis

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This resolution concerns the situation in Belarus five years after the fraudulent 2020 presidential elections. It condemns ongoing repression, calls for the release of political prisoners, and demands accountability for human rights abuses. It supports Belarusian democratic forces, urges the EU to extend sanctions, and calls for measures to help exiled Belarusians and Ukrainian children forcibly transferred to Belarus.

Key points

  1. Reiterates non-recognition of Aliaksandr Lukashenka as president and denounces repression of democratic forces, free media, and civil society.
  2. Calls for immediate release of all political prisoners, including named individuals, and an end to repression.
  3. Condemns torture and inhumane treatment, demands access for lawyers, family, and Red Cross, and accountability for prisoners' health.
  4. Warns that despite releases, repression continues with new arrests.
  5. Supports Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and democratic structures, calls for continued EU assistance.
  6. Calls for redoubled efforts to free prisoners, independent investigations into deaths in custody, and no normalization with the regime.
  7. Urges Belarus to discard draft law article on 'propaganda of homosexual relations' and protect LGBTI+ rights.
  8. Calls for ICC investigation into displacement and militarization of Ukrainian children, and a mechanism for their return.
  9. Urges simplified visa procedures for Belarusians fleeing, and support for those with expiring documents.
  10. Calls for continued UN accountability mechanisms and support for universal jurisdiction investigations.
  11. Calls for extension of UN mandates for Special Rapporteur and Group of Independent Experts beyond 2026.
  12. Calls for extension of EU sanctions regime and expansion of targeted sanctions.

Who is affected

  • Political prisoners in Belarus and their families, who would benefit from release and improved conditions.
  • Belarusian democratic forces and civil society, who receive support and assistance.
  • LGBTI+ community in Belarus, targeted by discriminatory legislation.
  • Ukrainian children forcibly transferred to Belarus, who need return mechanisms.
  • Belarusian exiles in the EU, who need visa and document assistance.

Figures and deadlines

  • over 1 200 political prisoners in Belarus
  • 4 198 persons recognised as political prisoners since 2020
  • over 175 female political prisoners
  • 52 prisoners forcibly transferred to Lithuania
  • over 100 political prisoners released through pardons this year
  • 2 219 cases of forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Belarus