Diplomats at the United Nations voiced outrage Thursday over Belarus's widespread human rights violations at home, and also for "enabling" Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, a wide range of countries decried Minsk’s role in supporting Moscow’s war against its pro-Western neighbour, which began on February 24. Icelandic Foreign Minister Thordis Kobrun Reykfjord Gylfadottir, speaking for the Nordic and Baltic countries, chimed in. Belarus representative Andre Taranda repeatedly interrupted the speakers with “points of order”, decrying that they were not using appropriate UN language by referring to the Belarus government as a “regime”.
He received backing from some countries, including Venezuela, Cuba, China and Russia, who hit out at the rights office for politicisation by bowing to “foreign pressure”. The report did not touch on Minsk’s role supporting Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine, or the impact that might have on rights inside Belarus.
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