The existence of a "black list" of opponents in Belarus

26^th March 2012

On 21st March in an interview on the channel Russia Today, Aleksander Lukashenko admitted that the Belarus authorities had drawn up a "black list" of about ten opponents who are banned from leaving the country and that they planned to extend it. The opposition has been denouncing this black list since the beginning of March after some of its members, such as former head of State Stanislav Shushkevich were prevented from leaving the country. Lukashenko presented this list as being an "answer" to the sanctions taken by the EU, which set a list of around 227 people whose assets have been frozen and who are banned from having an EU visa. These declarations come in a context of increasing tension between Belarus and the EU.

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