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		</div><p>The UK has imposed sanctions including an asset freeze and travel ban on Belarus’ president Alexander Lukashenko in response to human rights abuses following his “rigged” re-election.</p>
<p>The measures also apply to seven other leading figures in his regime, including the president’s son and national security adviser Viktor Lukashenko.</p>
<p>UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the move sent a clear message to the “violent and fraudulent” regime.</p>
<p>It is the second time the UK’s new sanctions regime has been used and Mr Lukashenko is the first national leader to be made subject to restrictions.</p>
<p>The UK acted alongside Canada to announce the measures, stating that the regime in Belarus is responsible for a string of human rights violations against opposition figures and the media.</p>
<p>Thousands of people in Belarus have taken part in protests against the authoritarian leader’s re-election in August despite a brutal crackdown by the state’s security forces.</p>
<p>Mr Raab said: “Today the UK and Canada have sent a clear message by imposing sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko’s violent and fraudulent regime.</p>
<p>“We don’t accept the results of this rigged election.</p>
<p>“We will hold those responsible for the thuggery deployed against the Belarusian people to account and we will stand up for our values of democracy and human rights.”</p>
<h4>The sanctions apply to:</h4>
<p>– Alexander Lukashenko, the president.</p>
<p>– Viktor Lukashenko, his son and national security adviser.</p>
<p>– Igor Petrovich Sergeenko, the president’s chief of staff.</p>
<p>– Yuri Karayev, the minister of internal affairs.</p>
<p>– Alexander Barsukov, the chief of public security police.</p>
<p>– Yuri Nazarenko, commander of internal troops.</p>
<p>– Khazalbek Atabekov, deputy commander of internal troops.</p>
<p>– Dmitry Balaba, commander of the special purpose police unit of Minsk.</p>
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