EU Adds Dozens More Belarusian Officials to Sanctions List
Opposition activist Nina Baginskaya, 73, center, struggles with police during a Belarusian opposition supporters rally at Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus, on Aug. 26, 2020. Police in Belarus have dispersed protesters who gathered on the capital's central square, detaining dozens. The crackdown in Independence Square on Wednesday comes on the 18th straight day of protests pushing for the resignation of Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo
BRUSSELS—The European Union on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on Belarus, targeting dozens more officials over their role in the security crackdown launched after the contested presidential elections in August.
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya poses among others with their prizes during the Sakharov Prize ceremony at the European Parliament in Brussels, on Dec. 16, 2020. John Thys/Pool Photo via AP
