{"id":496747,"date":"2025-11-15T16:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T13:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=496747"},"modified":"2025-11-15T16:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T13:33:13","slug":"united-kingdom-confirms-tough-line-toward-b-lukashenka-b-s-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/united-kingdom-confirms-tough-line-toward-b-lukashenka-b-s-regime","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom Confirms Tough Line Toward Lukashenka’s Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 12\u201313 November, the head of the United Transitional Cabinet Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya<\/strong>\u00a0paid a working visit to London, where she held meetings in the UK government and parliament and spoke at the panel discussion \u201cThe Fight for Freedom in Eastern Europe.\u201d The talks focused on supporting Belarus\u2019s democratic movement, assisting political prisoners, and further international cooperation, her press service reported.<\/p>\n

During her meeting with Minister for Europe Stephen<\/strong> Doughty<\/b>, the sides discussed the results and continuation of bilateral consultations between Belarusian democratic forces and the United Kingdom. The minister reaffirmed London\u2019s firm and principled stance toward the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka and expressed readiness to strengthen support for the Belarusian people. Particular attention was given to the International Humanitarian Fund for Victims of Repression \u2014 Tsikhanouskaya<\/span> urged the UK to join the initiative.<\/p>\n

Tsikhanouskaya<\/span> also held talks with Conservative Party chair Kemi<\/strong> Badenoch<\/b>, shadow minister Priti<\/strong> Patel<\/b>, and the head of the All-Party Parliamentary Group \u201cFor Democratic Belarus\u201d Wendy<\/strong> Morton<\/b>. With Kemi Badenoch, she discussed the situation of political prisoners and the development of women\u2019s leadership. The two recorded a joint address for participants of the academy organized by the Office of Tsikhanouskaya<\/span> together with the Office of Democratic Forces in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

Tsikhanouskaya<\/span> thanked shadow minister Priti Patel for supporting her visit to Australia and New Zealand, including assistance with contacts and expert meetings.<\/p>\n

In her meeting with Wendy Morton, the discussion focused on the results of the parliamentary group\u2019s work, including preparations for the Alliance session scheduled for spring 2026 in London. They discussed the event\u2019s agenda and possible side events dedicated to political prisoners, the diaspora, and Belarusian culture.<\/p>\n

The Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons Emily<\/strong> Thornberry<\/b> and the head of the UTC discussed further cooperation, holding parliamentary hearings on Belarus, and engagement with the Belarusian community in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Separately, Tsikhanouskaya<\/span> thanked Sir John<\/strong> Whittingdale<\/b> for his active work in the APPG for Freedom and Democracy in Belarus and for cooperation with Belarusian journalists within the APPG for media freedom. She presented the international support programme for political prisoners #WeStandBYyou from Libereco and called for making it more practice-oriented, as well as announced the Congress of \u201cgodparents\u201d of political prisoners in 2026.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Tsikhanouskaya<\/span> raised the issue of simplifying the issuance of travel documents for Belarusians, recognizing expired passports for legalization purposes, and reducing requirements for documents that can only be obtained in Belarus. She proposed considering the \u201cLuxembourg Decisions\u201d as the basis for these solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 12\u201313 November, the head of the United Transitional Cabinet Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya\u00a0paid a working visit to London, where she held meetings in the UK government and parliament and spoke at the panel discussion \u201cThe Fight for Freedom in Eastern Europe.\u201d The talks focused on supporting Belarus\u2019s democratic movement, assisting political prisoners, and further international cooperation, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":496746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6918811d89c6a.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"United Kingdom Confirms Tough Line Toward Lukashenka’s Regime"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}