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27.10.2023 Article

Expanding Cooperation with Civil Society in the Eastern Partnership Countries and Russia

Civil societies play a crucial role in building and maintaining democratic, stable and inclusive societies. The German Government provides a targeted funding programme in the countries of the Eastern Partnership and in Russia.

Supporting civil-society engagement
09.08.2023 Article

Fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus: three years on

Three years have passed since hundreds of thousands of Belarusians took to the streets to call peacefully for their rights to be upheld. Specifically, their right for their votes to count. Germany continues to support the people of Belarus in their pursuit of democracy and freedom.

Protests in Minsk following the presidential elections, 23 August 2020
03.03.2023 Article

Germany and Belarus: Bilateral relations

The presidential election marred by large-scale fraud on 9 August 2020, the drastic deterioration in the human rights situation in Belarus since then, the political instrumentalisation of refugees and…

Bilateral relations
09.08.2022 Article

Second anniversary of the fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus on 9 August 2020

Today marks the second anniversary of the fraudulent presidential elections in August 2020. The political leadership in Minsk continues to respond with repression and blatant violence. What is more Belarus is aiding and abetting Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

Protests in Minsk following the presidential elections, 23 August 2020
01.06.2022 Article

Against repression and violence: An action plan for civil society in Belarus

Since the rigged presidential election in 2020, people in Belarus have been demonstrating peacefully against electoral fraud and state violence, calling for freedom of opinion and the release of political prisoners. The political leadership in Minsk is responding with unconcealed violence.

Protests in Minsk following the presidential elections, 23 August 2020
15.11.2021 Article

Foreign Minister Maas at the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers: Talks focusing on the situation at the border with Belarus

Foreign Minister Maas is travelling to Brussels today for the monthly meeting of the EU’s Foreign Ministers, the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC). This will be followed by further talks and meetings.

Foreign Minister Maas is travelling to Brussels

Press releases

  1. 18.02.2022 Press release

    Statement by Human Rights Commissioner Amtsberg following her commitment to raise awareness of the plight of the imprisoned Belarusian philosopher Uladzimir Matskevich

  2. 27.01.2022 Press release

    Statement by Human Rights Commissioner Amtsberg on the situation of political prisoners in Belarus

  3. 18.11.2021 Press release

    G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on Belarus

  4. 10.11.2021 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the situation along the Belarus border

  5. 09.08.2021 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the situation in Belarus on the anniversary of the presidential elections in Belarus on 9 August

  6. 14.07.2021 Press release

    Federal Foreign Office on the raids and arrests in Belarus

  7. 30.06.2021 Press release

    Federal Foreign Office on Belarus

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