{"id":43520,"date":"2022-08-29T14:58:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T11:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/european-human-rights-defenders-urge-belarusian-honorary-consuls-in-switzerland-liechtenstein-to-resign\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"european-human-rights-defenders-urge-belarusian-honorary-consuls-in-switzerland-liechtenstein-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43520\/","title":{"rendered":"European human rights defenders urge Belarusian honorary consuls in Switzerland, Liechtenstein to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 29, BPN. Human rights and civil society groups have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lphr.org\/en\/offener-brief-die-honorarkonsuln-des-lukaschenko-regimes-in-der-schweiz-und-liechtenstein-muessen-von-ihrem-amt-zuruecktreten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">urged<\/a> Belarusian honorary consuls to resign over human rights abuses by the Belarusian government.<\/p>\n<p> &nbsp;Hermann Alexander Beyeler and Andrey Nazheskin, the Belarusian honorary consuls in Switzerland, as well as Timothy von Landskron in Liechtenstein should resign and stop representing Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s regime, reads the open letter signed by 12 European civil society organizations at the initiative of Libereco, a German-Swiss human rights organization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> Human rights defenders stress that \u0141uka\u0161enka is responsible &#8220;for thousands of human rights violations&#8221; in Belarus and supports Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine in violation of the international law and leading to tens of thousands of deaths.<\/p>\n<p> The appeal also notes that he &#8220;allowed Russian troops to invade Ukraine from Belarusian territory,&#8221; while Ukraine is regularly attacked by missiles launched from Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 29, BPN. 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