EU Aims to Sanction Judges, Lawmakers, Executives in Belarus
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The European Union is set to propose sanctions on more than 70 people and organizations in a fresh round of punitive measures targeting the regime in Belarus, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The move is the next step in the EU response to what it considers to be a series of repressive actions by the authorities in Minsk. The Belarusian government has cracked down on protesters since last year’s disputed election and last month forced a Ryanair flight to land in its capital in order to arrest a dissident journalist who was traveling from Athens to Vilnius.