Despite credible reports of torture, arbitrary detention, gender-based violence & more, regime officials were not punished for human rights abuses & operated with impunity under authoritarian leader Lukashenka. Read the 2023 Human Rights Report on Belarus: by.usembassy.gov/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices-belarus/

The 🇺🇸 2023 Human Rights Report on #Belarus reads like a catalog of horrors; torture, life-threatening prison conditions, punishment of family members, violence against journalists, forced labor—the list goes on. The regime must be held accountable. by.usembassy.gov/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices-belarus/ pic.twitter.com/64ZzgQlB4M

Just like the fake elections orchestrated by the criminal regime in #Belarus, the assembly convened today has nothing to do with democracy. It’s merely a facade set up to legitimize Lukashenka's tyranny. None of the participants represent our people. Don’t be fooled by this sham! pic.twitter.com/vBrhaU6YTY

3️⃣4️⃣ Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic pursued active cultural diplomacy. Thus, by the mid-1980s the Belarusian Society of Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries was cooperating with organizations from more than ☝️70 countries of the world pic.twitter.com/s8KL9Gx5WO