Repercussion for Repression in Belarus
May 10, 2021
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The United States has revoked the general license that had effectively suspended sanctions and authorized transactions with nine Belarusian state-owned enterprises.
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The United States has revoked the general license that had effectively suspended sanctions and authorized transactions with nine Belarusian state-owned enterprises. In a statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the punitive move was a “consequence of the Belarusian authorities’ flagrant disregard for human rights.”
In 2015 the U.S. Treasury Department first issued and then repeatedly extended the general license allowing transactions with the nine firms because of what State Department Spokesman Ned Price said was “notable progress at the time in the field of human rights and specifically due to the release of all political prisoners in Bel