General documents - EP resolution on further repression against the people of Belarus, in particular the cases of Andrzej Poczobut and Ales Bialiatski - Delegation for relations with Belarus

The text adopted was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, ECR and The Left groups.

Members strongly condemned the continued repression against dissenting voices in Belarus, including through politically motivated and closed-door mock trials, and denounced the recent sentencing to long jail terms of journalist Andrzej Poczobut and Sakharov Prize and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialatski, as well as prison sentences handed out in absentia to exiled Belarusian opposition leaders including Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

As the Belarusian regime is acting as an accomplice to the Russian state's sponsorship of terrorism, Members called on the EU to expand its sanctions. In addition, the EU countries should prepare court cases against Belarusian officials involved in human rights violations under the universal jurisdiction principle.

Members called on EU institutions to support the Mission of Democratic Belarus in Brussels and strengthen ties with democratic forces.