MINSK, 12 March (BelTA) – The defining feature of Belarusian civil society is its commitment to the country’s peaceful development, patriotism, preservation of sovereignty and independence, and constructive cooperation with the state. This is precisely what does not suit the Western sponsors of the “group of experts” on the human rights situation in Belarus, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus Larisa Belskaya said during the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, BelTA has learned.
“This is why the Human Rights Council receives reports that serve as instruments of propaganda and promotion of the approaches of the countries that have initiated the mandates and resolutions on Belarus. What appears to be noble goals of protecting human rights is actually a ‘useful lie’ aimed at discrediting the political organization of Belarusian society, state institutions, the judiciary, and law-enforcement bodies. It is an attempt to undermine the laws of a sovereign state and replace international obligations with some sort of alternative,” she stressed.
“The reports and the activities of the mandates on Belarus attempt to place on the Belarusian state the burden of proving or disproving content that has nothing to do with truth, but only with ‘reasonable grounds to believe’. Among other things, we see in the group’s reports an effort to justify the damaged lives of those who were simply set up by the sponsors and organizers of events in 2020 and subsequent years,” the diplomat said.
“They brought people out to protest, some for money, some for free, under mantras about change and being on the ‘right side of history’. They provoked violations of public order, clashes with the police, and other anti-state actions, while remaining silent about the inevitable responsibility for breaking the law. For them, it was a ‘business’ and ‘grants’, just as today the topic of releasing detainees is a business,” the Belarusian diplomat said.
Larisa Belskaya continued: “We understand that the forces that attempted to organize the failed ‘color revolution’ in Belarus in 2020 still maintain their ambitions to change the situation. That is why they impose sanctions, create, finance, and patronize controlled puppet structures that promote an anti-Belarusian agenda, and hold negotiations with them about the future of Belarus.”
“We are not claiming that everything in our country is perfect,” the permanent representative of Belarus emphasized. “We are ready for objective criticism and for cooperation with all those who are genuinely interested in normal evolutionary development and normal dialogue.”
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