EU states imposed asset-freezes and visa-bans on 40 Belarusians on Friday (2 October) after Cyprus, finally, dropped its veto.
The top name on the list was Belarusian interior minister Yuri
Karaeu, whom the EU accused of orchestrating "arbitrary arrests and
ill‐treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as
intimidation and violence against journalists".
It designated 25 other security, police, and intelligence chiefs for similar reasons.
It also listed 14 officials responsible for "misconduct of the 2020
presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic
international standards of fairness and transparency".
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