The head of the Viasna human rights centre, Ales Bialiatski, held a meeting with Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard.
During the meeting, the human rights defender called on the Swedish authorities to continue political and economic pressure on the Belarusian authorities in order to achieve structural changes in the country.
The foreign minister assured him that Sweden would support Belarusian civil society “for as long as it takes”, the human rights centre reported.
Earlier, Sweden also expressed solidarity with the European Humanities University, which was declared an “extremist organisation” by the Belarusian authorities. Sweden’s Foreign Ministry described the decision by the Belarusian regime as an attack on academic freedom.
