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EU Ambassador Speaks About Sanctions, Assistance To Belarus And Attempts To Visit Detainees

Head of the European Union’s Delegation to Belarus Dirk Schuebel In an interview, Dirk Schuebel also spoke about sanctions, numerous attempts to get into pre-trial detention facilities where political prisoners are held, about EU assistance to Belarus, and explained why the EU cannot declare the OMON [riot police] and GUBOPiK [the Main Directorate for combating organized crime] terrorist organizations.

Here are some excerpts from the interview. On sanctions “The European Union does not take restrictive measures thoughtlessly – they are used purposefully to suppress violations of human rights, to protect democracy and the rule of lawю By adopting three packages of sanctions in 2020 [which are now imposed on 88 individuals and seven legal

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