EU External Action has listed all restrictive measures imposed on Belarus

In addition to the description of the current situation in Belarus-EU relations, the factsheet enumerates all limitations and sanctions starting from 2004.

“The EU is committed to a policy of critical engagement with Belarus. Since the violations of electoral standards in the December 2010 presidential elections and the subsequent violent crackdown on civil society, the political opposition and independent media, the EU has expressed its concern on many occasions and in different for about the lack of respect for human rights, the rule of law and democratic principles in Belarus”, - is said in the publication from October 29, 2013.

 The EU’s concerns have been voiced by Catherine Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission and Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy.

The EU has consistently called for the immediate release and rehabilitation of all political prisoners. It has also repeatedly stressed that all harassment of members of the opposition, and of civil society must stop and the repressive policies must be rolled back, is claimed in the publication.

Full text of the document can be found here.