Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress makes the following findings: The authoritarian regime of Alexander Lukashenko continues to abuse the human rights and impede the democratic aspirations of the people of Belarus, including by imprisoning leaders, restricting free media, and denying the freedom of assembly. On June 16, 2006, the United States Government imposed sanctions with respect to entities in Belarus for the human rights abuses, public corruption, and measures to undermine democratic processes undertaken by President Lukashenko and his associates.
President Lukashenko was personally named on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. On November 13, 2007, pursuant to Executive Order 13405 (71 Fed. Reg. 35485), the Office of Foreign Assets Control added the Belarusian State Concern for Oil and Chemistry (commonly referred to as Belneftekhim ) to the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons. On February 2014, the Lukashenko regime spun the Joint Stock Company Belaruskali and its trading arm, the Joint Stock Company Belarusian Potash Company, out from under the Belneftekhim umbrella, with press reports at the time citing officials of the Government of Belarus as affirming that this legal maneuver was intended specifically to evade sanctions imposed by the United States.
The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013 of the Department of State stated that, in Belarus, [a]uthorities at all levels operated with impunity and failed to take steps to prosecute or punish officials in the government or security forces who committed human rights abuses . The Government of Belarus plans to hold presidential elections in October 2015, which observers fear may not be free and may result in prolonging President Lukashenko’s authoritarian rule.
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