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HRES 73 119th Congress House International Affairs

Condemning the fraudulent January 2025 Belarusian presidential election and the Lukashenka regime's continued autocratic rule, calling for continued support for the people of Belarus who seek a…

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Condemning the fraudulent January 2025 Belarusian presidential election and the Lukashenka regime's continued autocratic rule, calling for continued support for the people of Belarus who seek a democratic future, and calling for free and fair elections in Belarus in line with international standards.

Introduced: February 12, 2025 Introduced by: Keating, William R. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Jan 28, 2025
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This resolution condemns the Belarusian presidential election of January 26, 2025, as neither free nor fair and calls on the Lukashenka regime to hold free and fair elections with credible international monitoring. The resolution also condemns the Lukashenka regime's (1) repression of the Belarusian democratic opposition, (2) support for Russia's war against Ukraine, and (3) complicity in the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children from Ukraine.

The resolution supports additional sanctions against the regime and calls for continued support to the Belarusian democratic opposition.  

What's happening now January 28, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 73: Condemning the fraudulent January 2025 Belarusian presidential election and the Lukashenka regime's continued autocratic rule, calling for continued support for the people of Belarus who seek a democratic future, and calling for free and fair elections in Belarus in line with international standards.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-73/
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"H. Res. 73: Condemning the fraudulent January 2025 Belarusian presidential election and the Lukashenka regime's continued autocratic rule, calling for continued support for the people of Belarus who seek a democratic future, and calling for free and fair elections in Belarus in line with international standards.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-73/.
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H. Res. 73, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-73/.
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[H. Res. 73: Condemning the fraudulent January 2025 Belarusian presidential election and the Lukashenka regime's continued autocratic rule, calling for continued support for the people of Belarus who seek a democratic future, and calling for free and fair elections in Belarus in line with international standards.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-73/)
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