On Thursday 8 February, strongly condemning the recent wave of mass arrests in Belarus, MEPs called for the “immediate unconditional“ release and compensation of more than 1,400 political prisoners, their families and other people arbitrarily detained.
In the joint resolution it adopted (459 votes in favour, 14 against and 33 abstentions), the European Parliament also called on the EU and the international community not to recognise the results of parliamentary and local...