General documents - Joint statement on the sentencing of Syarhei Tsikhanouski, Mikalai Statkevich and other leading opposition figures to long prison terms in Belarus - Delegation for relations with Belarus

Joint statement by:

• the Vice-President responsible for the Sakharov Network, MEP Heidi HAUTALA,
• the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, MEP David McALLISTER,
• the Chair of the Delegation for relations with Belarus, MEP Robert BIEDROŃ,
• the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, MEP Maria ARENA, and
• the European Parliament's Standing Rapporteur on Belarus, MEP Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

on the sentencing of Syarhei Tsikhanouski, Mikalai Statkevich and other leading opposition figures to long prison terms in Belarus

Strasbourg, 15 December 2021 - "We are outraged by yesterday's harsh sentencings of leading Belarusian opposition figures Syarhei Tsikhanouski, Mikalai Statkevich, Ihar Losik, Artsyom Sakau, Uladzimir Tsyhanovich and Dzmitry Papou to long prison terms on trumped-up charges of trying to seize power, inciting hatred and social unrest, and extremism. [...]