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HRES 441 118th Congress House International Affairs

Condemning the authoritarian repression of the Belarusian democracy movement by the Lukashenka regime and calling for the release of all political prisoners as well as free and fair elections.

Introduced: May 24, 2023 Introduced by: Keating, William R. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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This resolution finds that the August 9, 2020, election in Belarus was neither free nor fair and does not recognize Alyaksandr Lukashenka as the legitimate president of Belarus. The resolution condemns human rights violations committed by Belarusian authorities, calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners, and calls for new elections under the observation of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

What's happening now May 24, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 24, 2023
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 24, 2023
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 24, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 441: Condemning the authoritarian repression of the Belarusian democracy movement by the Lukashenka regime and calling for the release of all political prisoners as well as free and fair elections.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-441/
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"H. Res. 441: Condemning the authoritarian repression of the Belarusian democracy movement by the Lukashenka regime and calling for the release of all political prisoners as well as free and fair elections.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-441/.
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H. Res. 441, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-441/.
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[H. Res. 441: Condemning the authoritarian repression of the Belarusian democracy movement by the Lukashenka regime and calling for the release of all political prisoners as well as free and fair elections.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-441/)
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