New House Resolution Backs More Sanctions on Belarus
A bipartisan group of four House members introduced a resolution Jan. 28 calling for additional sanctions against Belarusian officials following that country’s recent “fraudulent” presidential election that extended the longtime rule of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko.
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The measure notes that the U.S. already has sanctioned “hundreds of Belarusian individuals and entities which enable the regime’s repression of the Belarusian people.” It also points out that U.S. allies and partners in Europe and elsewhere have sanctioned the Lukashenko regime for “its abhorrent crackdown on political prisoners, its facilitation of the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children, and its participation in Russia’s war of aggression against a sovereign Ukraine.”
The resolution, offered by Reps. Bill Keating, D-Mass., Joe Wilson, R-S.C., Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, and Chris Smith, R-N.J., was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The introduction came a day after Smith said he planned to propose a bill to sanction Belarus over the election (see 2501280027).