Vladzimir Astapenka, the representative of Belarus’ democratic mission to the EU, explained on Thursday 25 September that there was no sign of improvement in his country.
Since the fraudulent presidential election in 2020, “Belarus remains at the centre of the worst crisis of insecurity and human rights violations in Europe (...). The situation is still very bleak, with no sign of improvement”, he explained at a hearing of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights.