On Friday 3 March, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the “sham trials” that led to the sentencing of four human rights defenders, including the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ales Bialiatski, to up to 10 years in prison.
These trials are “another appalling example of the Lukashenko regime trying to silence those who stand up in defence of human rights and fundamental freedoms of...