Scottish Government urges UK Government to put pressure on Lukashenko regime

Alexander Lukashenko has been President of Belarus for 30 years (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

Scotland’s External Affairs and Health Secretaries are urging the UK Government to put pressure on the Lukashenko regime in Belarus to ensure the release of all political prisoners.

In a letter sent on Human Rights Day on December 10, Angus Robertson and Neil Gray said they want to highlight the “on-going human rights abuses taking place in Belarus at the hands of the Lukashenko regime”.