21 September, 2020 | News, U.S. & Belarus, STATEMENT BY MORGAN ORTAGUS, SPOKESPERSON September 18, 2020 OSCE Invokes Moscow Mechanism over Credible Reports of Human Rights Abuses and Election Irregularities in Belarus On September 17, 17 participating…, As delivered by Ambassador James S. Gilmore III to the Permanent Council, Vienna September 17, 2020 The United States condemns the Belarusian authorities’ continued targeting…, 18 September, 2020 | Featured Event, News, U.S. & Belarus, Invoking the Moscow Mechanism in Relation to Serious Human Rights Violations in Belarus As delivered by U.K.
Other executive branch agencies represented may include the Departments of Commerce, Agriculture, Defense, and Justice (the Immigration and Naturalization Service – INS, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation), and the U.S. Agency for International Development. The Embassy, headed by the Chief of Mission, does the usual scope of political and economic reporting and advises the U.S. Government on developments in Belarus.
Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation Program, “Learn About the U.S. U.S. Citizens with emergencies, please call +375-17-210-1283, Outside of Office Hours, contact: +375-29-676-0134, Outside of Belarus: +375-17-210-1283 or +375-29-676-0134. The latter are local residents, who provide continuity for the transient American staff and have language and cultural expertise; they also get employed at post by other agencies. We commend the courage of Ms. Kalesnikava and of the Belarusian people in peacefully asserting their right to pick their leaders in free and fair elections in the face of unjustified violence and repression by the Belarusian authorities, which included brazen beatings of peaceful marchers in broad daylight and hundreds of detentions September 6, as well as increasing reports of abductions. We remain deeply concerned by serious flaws in the August 9 presidential election in Belarus and strongly condemn the violence carried out against peaceful protesters and journalists, the arrest of opposition candidates and peaceful protesters, the blockage of Belarus’ internet service, and the abuse of detainees.
The United States is deeply concerned by the reported abduction September 7 in Belarus of Coordination Council member Mariya Kalesnikava, Spokesman Anton Rodnenkou, and Executive Secretary Ivan Krautsou, and the attempted forced expulsion over the border to Ukraine September 8. Your VIDEOGUIDE to Belarus.
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