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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 5116 (Introduced in Senate) — To support Russia's democratic forces in exile and to codify sanctions imposed under certain Executive orders relatin... · Sec. 12

Sec. 12. Findings regarding Belarus

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Congress finds the following: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was the apparent winner of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, in which the people of Belarus voted in record numbers, in an impressive display of their commitment to democracy. Alyaksandr Lukashenka brutally cracked down upon the thousands of peaceful protestors that turned out in protest of election fraud by the Lukashenka regime, arbitrarily detaining more than 35,000 individuals and subjecting many of these individuals to torture.
The Lukashenka regime continues to unjustly imprison more than 1,500 people, including opposition leaders Viktar Babaryka, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Maria Kalesnikava, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalists Andrey Kuznechyk and Ihar Losik, and Ihar Losik’s wife Darya Losik. The Lukashenka regime has supported and facilitated the Russian Federation's illegal war against Ukraine, including by allowing the Russian Federation to fire ballistic missiles and launch offensive strikes against Ukraine from the territory of Belarus for the purpose of invading Ukraine and murdering Ukrainian citizens.
The Lukashenka regime has a policy of forcing Belarusian pro-democracy activists to return to Minsk for renewal of documents vital to maintaining their residency status in a safe third country, placing these Belarusians at risk of detention and torture.
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