The authoritarian government of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is cracking down on the country’s NGOs, putting it at odds with the U.N.’s Aarhus Convention on access to justice in environmental matters.
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Politico: Belarus gets ‘diplomatic slap on the wrist’ by falling afoul of UN convention
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko hold a press conference following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2021.