Police crackdowns continued on Wednesday at protests against Alexander Lukashenko's inauguration. LONDON: Britain said on Thursday it was preparing sanctions against those in Belarus responsible for"rigging" the Aug 9 presidential election and for the subsequent crackdown on protests against President Alexander Lukashenko.
Raab added London was working with Washington and Ottawa"to prepare appropriate listings as matter of urgency" against Belarusian authorities.Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets since the Aug 9 elections which opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya says she won, despite Lukashenko's insistence he won a landslide victory.
Several other European countries, including Germany, and the US have also responded by refusing to recognise him as the president of the ex-Soviet state.Meanwhile Washington said last week it would impose new sanctions on Belarusian figures imminently.
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