Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reported imprisonment of Mikita Yemialyianan in Belarus; and what representations they have made to the government of that country about his case.
We are aware of the case of Mikita Yemialyianau. There are over 1,000 political prisoners in Belarus. We remain deeply troubled about the intolerable prison conditions in which detainees are held in Belarus. We urge the authorities to release political prisoners, immediately and unconditionally, and have raised this both bilaterally and multilaterally. The UK has imposed over 100 sanctions in response to the fraudulent elections, human rights violations, and repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. Moreover, this repression takes place in the context of Belarus' unacceptable support for Russia's illegal and unprovoked attack against Ukraine.