UK & Canada impose sanctions on Belarus officials & Lukashenko

The UK has imposed sanctions (asset freezing measures and a travel ban) on 8 Belarusian officials, including Alexander Lukashenko and his son, under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 (SI 680/2020). The measures have been imposed in response to human rights violations including “the torture and mistreatment of hundreds of peaceful protestors in custody”, and the arrest and forcible …