On the occasion of the second anniversary of the fraudulent elections in Belarus, the US State Department imposed sanctions on a hundred officials of the country, including two Belarusian officials. The State Department announced restrictive measures on Tuesday, August 9.

Among the people subjected to new US sanctions are officials of the Presidential Administration, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the KGB, the Central Election Commission, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Main Office of the Investigative Committee, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption, pro-government television companies, military officials, members of parliament, judges.

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“Persons subject to sanctions were involved in torture; violent arrests of peaceful protesters; searches of houses and offices of journalists, oppositionists and activists; knocking confessions out of them; electoral fraud and the adoption of politically motivated sentences by political prisoners; expulsion of students for participating in peaceful protests; passing legislation affecting fundamental freedoms,” the State Department said in a statement..

In addition, the State Department announced the expansion of sanctions against Mikolay Karpyankov, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Commander of the Internal Troops, and the commander of the OMON GUVD of the Minsk Executive Committee, Dzmitry Balaba, for involvement in gross human rights violations, in particular, the arbitrary detention of peaceful protesters..

From now on, visa restrictions will also affect the closest relatives of Karpyankov and Balaba, including Karpyankov's wife Irina and adult son Igor, as well as Balaba's wife Tatyana and adult sons Artem and Maxim, which prohibits them from entering the United States.

Just two years after the infamous election, the State Department imposed visa restrictions on 297 people for undermining democracy in Belarus.

In his message, the Secretary of State stressed that the United States stands with the people of Belarus as they strive for a democratic, sovereign, and prosperous future..

“We will continue to promote accountability for human rights violations by the Lukashenka regime and support international efforts to document abuses and bring perpetrators to justice,” the agency stressed..

As reported, countries around the world have imposed a number of sanctions against Belarus due to human rights violations by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko..