OTTAWA: Canada, acting with the United States and Britain, imposed new sanctions on
Belarus
on Monday to protest against what it called gross violations of human rights under President
Alexander Lukashenko
.
Foreign minister
Marc Garneau
said Ottawa would target transferable securities and money market instruments, debt financing, insurance and reinsurance, petroleum products and potassium chloride products.
Washington
and London announced similar measures.
Canada acted on the first anniversary of a presidential election which opponents said was rigged in favor of Lukashenko.
"Since then, the grave injustices carried out by the Belarusian government against its own people have not stopped ... These measures will apply further pressure on Belarus's leadership,"
Garneau
said.
Canada has to date sanctioned 72 Belarusian officials and five entities.
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