Evelyn Regner (S&D, Austria), the Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), gave her support to the Belarusian people on Wednesday 9 September, particularly to the “thousands of strong women (who) have peacefully taken to the streets” since the disputed re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in August (see EUROPE B12544A9).
With reference to beatings, the torture of Belarusian citizens and the kidnapping of opposition leaders, she...