{"id":43976,"date":"2021-12-07T21:11:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T20:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/?p=43976"},"modified":"2025-06-24T16:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:46:25","slug":"ngos-2021-12-07-sanctions-against-belarus-and-the-respect-of-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/ngos-2021-12-07-sanctions-against-belarus-and-the-respect-of-them\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO 2021.12.07 EU Sanctions against Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Andrei-Lemeshonok-and-Alexander-Lukashenko-at-St-Elisabeth-Convent.webp\" alt=\"NGO 2021.12.07 Sanctions against Belarus and the Respect of Them, Andrei Lemeshonok and Alexander Lukashenko at St Elisabeth Convent\" class=\"wp-image-51467\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Andrei-Lemeshonok-and-Alexander-Lukashenko-at-St-Elisabeth-Convent.webp 800w, https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Andrei-Lemeshonok-and-Alexander-Lukashenko-at-St-Elisabeth-Convent-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Andrei-Lemeshonok-and-Alexander-Lukashenko-at-St-Elisabeth-Convent-768x509.webp 768w, https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Andrei-Lemeshonok-and-Alexander-Lukashenko-at-St-Elisabeth-Convent-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Andrei Lemeshonok &amp; Lukashenko at St. Elisabeth Monastery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sanctions against Belarus and the Respect for Them<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abducted EU Children at St. Elizabeth Monastery in Minsk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In Copy,<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Mr. David Maria Sassoli, President of the European Parliament<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Ms. Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, European Parliament<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Ms. Nicola Beer, European Parliament<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Ms. Ana\u00efs Marin, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Belarus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Ms. Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Mr. Matteo Mecacci, ODIHR\/OSCE, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Members of the European Parliament,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wUVXOUMkuKc?si=etXAkS6b4zYHQMJh\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Joint press conference with Prime Minister David Sassoli Streamed live on Dec 9, 2021<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dear All,<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wrote to some of you earlier, more precisely on 2021.02.07, regarding\u00a0<strong>\u201cAbducted EU Kids in Belarus\u201d<\/strong>. The complete letter can be found on the following link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/ngos-2021-02-07-letter-to-officials-of-un-eu-parliament-subject-abducted-eu-kids-in-belarus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Europe 2021-02-07 Letter to Officials of UN \u2013 EU Parliament | Subject: Abducted EU Kids in Belarus<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>My two daughters and many other European children are illegally retained in Belarus, mostly victims of parental kidnapping, which is a cruel offense and child abuse, except in Lukashenko\u2019s Belarus.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has come to my knowledge that the Ultra-Nationalist and Fascist Andrei Lemeshonok, who is managing the \u201cSt. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk\u201d, an extreme religious organization, openly and without hesitation is supporting the \u201cRussian World\u201d and the dictators Lukashenko and Putin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Andrei Lemeshonok is also openly blaming the mothers who lost their children,&nbsp;children who were killed by the terrorist Lukashenko, and his Mafia!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Alexander-Lukashenko-and-Andrei-Lemeshonok.webp\" alt=\"NGO 2021.12.07 Sanctions against Belarus and the Respect of Them, Lukashenka Praised-Alexander Lukashenko and Andrei Lemeshonok at St Elisabeth Convent\" class=\"wp-image-51474\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Alexander-Lukashenko-and-Andrei-Lemeshonok.webp 800w, https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Alexander-Lukashenko-and-Andrei-Lemeshonok-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Alexander-Lukashenko-and-Andrei-Lemeshonok-768x509.webp 768w, https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Alexander-Lukashenko-and-Andrei-Lemeshonok-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Andrei Lemeshonok &amp; Lukashenko at St. Elisabeth Monastery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/2DD4\/production\/_112023711_awf.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/lemeshonok-scandals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>The confessor of the St. Elisabeth Monastery, Andrei Lemeshonok, <\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>thanked Alexander Lukashenko for not closing the churches.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Furthermore, Andrei Lemeshonok does not respect any measures taken against the \u201cPandemic\u201d and is preaching that&nbsp;\u201cThose who believe in God have nothing to fear\u201d. This approach and neglect from him led to several of his Nuns being infected by Covid-19! You can read about this on the following links:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marina Akhmedova: <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/ahmedova.marina\/posts\/3141781212524899?_rdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/ahmedova.marina\/posts\/3141781212524899?_rdr<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lemeshonok from St. Elizabeth\u2019s Monastery: <a href=\"https:\/\/nashaniva.com\/?c=ar&amp;i=250960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It is better to die but to stay with God<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>St. Elizabeth\u2019s Monastery: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nashaniva.com\/?c=ar&amp;i=250599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We have two nuns with coronavirus and an  archpriest in intensive care with pneumonia, but the epidemic is a fake<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NN: <a href=\"https:\/\/nashaniva.by\/?c=ar&amp;i=251291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Of the 130 nuns of St. Elizabeth, almost half of them have Corona Virus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BBC:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/russian\/news-52421423?at_custom1=link&amp;at_custom4=8278AE7C-8BF3-11EA-83DA-B0CE96E8478F&amp;at_campaign=64&amp;at_custom3=BBC+News+Russian&amp;at_medium=custom7&amp;at_custom2=facebook_page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coronavirus in Belarus: surge in incidence, open churches, and classified information<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My two daughters, who were kidnapped in 2017, were infected in Andrei Lemeshonok\u2019s Monastery, where people and children were forced to take communion from the same spoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Thus, Italy, which went through an inferno at the beginning of the Covid Pandemic and is an EU member, allowed St. Elisabeth Convent to participate in the Fair of Florence (Fiera Piazza Santa Croce 20 November to 19 December) and Milan (ARTIGIANO IN FIERA 4-12 December) in Italy without any consideration of the Covid risks and the implemented sanctions to the Lukashenko regime. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>This reminds me of double standards and a business-as-usual approach. In St. Elizabeth Convent Minsk, they support violence and torture, and they wrongfully retain abducted children, and \u2026 now, they ask for charity and funds as Christmas is coming! Is this acceptable? You can read the complete Appeal\/Complaint on the following link:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/it-2021-11-19-open-appeal-to-the-fair-in-florence-fiera-piazza-santa-croce-and-milan-artigiano-in-fiera-in-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>IT 2021.11.19 Appeal to the Fair in Florence (Fiera Piazza Santa Croce) and Milan (ARTIGIANO IN FIERA) in Italy with a request to consider and examine the participation of St. Elisabeth\u2019s Convent November \u2013 December 2021.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At the same time, on 2021.12.02,<\/strong> we can read the Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulganek expressing that&nbsp;\u201cLukashenko\u2019s friends and allies have nothing to do in the Czech Republic\u201d, in connection with the situation with the expulsion of the head of the Belarusian Football Federation (BFF), Vladimir Bazanov. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This should be the \u201cMantra\u201d for all countries that agreed to the implementation and respect of sanctions against the Dictator of Belarus. Any other approach or definition of the sanctions will confirm double standards, lack of credibility, and disrespect for the struggle of the Belarusian people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, on 2021.11.24, Ms. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the democratic opposition in Belarus, gave a speech at the European Parliament. President Sassoli, introducing her, your words were:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>&lt;&lt;More than a year after the elections, the results of which the European Union does not recognize, Belarus continues to violate the rights of its citizens, silences civil society, and uses repression as a weapon every day (\u2026\u2026) We reiterate today that the values of the Union are not for sale. This Parliament calls on the other institutions to stand up for the defense of fundamental rights &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms. Tsikhanouskaya herself was forced to leave Belarus, her husband is in jail, and she was threatened\u2026 but her children are with her in the EU now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Our children are still in Belarus!<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms. Tsikhanouskaya, in her strong speech, said that there is no more time left, and for many in Belarus, time now is measured &lt;&lt;in lost moments of happiness \u2013 moments that are the right of every one of us to experience. Moments that Belarusians are deprived of &gt;&gt;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>She talked about her pain and her children\u2019s pain, deprived of their dad and of time with him&nbsp;&lt;&lt;For me, those would be moments when my daughter Agnia might see the loving face of her father, Siarhei, seeing her off on her first day of school. Moments when my son Karnei could feel the support of a father who helped him to fix his bicycle&gt;&gt;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As one of many left-behind parents who have faced and are still facing Lukashenko\u2019s cruel regime, I feel deep pain. I could not attend the first day of school of my daughters, and I won\u2019t even see them and hug them this Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Dearest All, to know that St. Elizabeth Convent and its representatives, who support the one who&nbsp;&lt;&lt;continues to violate the rights of its citizens, silences civil society, and uses repression as a weapon every day&gt;&gt;&nbsp;are now in Italy, raising money, pretending to preach the word of God, is an unbearable injustice and just adds even more pain.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Please feel free to reach out to me with any further questions or comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kind regards,<br>Nicolaos Cheropoulos<br>\u03a0\u03b1\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u0391\u03bd\u03b8\u03ae\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u0391\u03bb\u03b5\u03be\u03ac\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2<br>Stockholm, 2021.12.07<br>\u0391\u03bd\u03b1\u03b8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf, \u039f\u03ba\u03c4. 2023<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrei Lemeshonok &amp; Lukashenko at St. Elisabeth Monastery Sanctions against Belarus and the Respect for Them Abducted EU Children at St. Elizabeth Monastery in Minsk In Copy, Dear Mr. David Maria Sassoli, President of the European Parliament Dear Ms. Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, European Parliament Dear Ms. Nicola Beer, European Parliament Dear Ms. Ana\u00efs Marin, UN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state-bodies-ngos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}