After 36 hours this petition to the UK Government for UK Sanctions on Belarusian Officials who abuse the human rights of their Belarus citizens has reached just over 150 signatures.

However this is only about 25% of those who land on, and view the change.org petition site. It may be that many fear that signing involved a compulsory money payment to Change.org. It does not  !!

SIgning is easy, 1 click -, but this leads to a page where the request for a donation comes up. But in small print at the bottom of the page is a small hot key with the words " skip this "  on it.

This when clicked leads to a social media distribution request, and again the "skip" key is in small print at the bottom of the page.

Please help others to sign the petition - it will not cost them anything except their time.

Actions are in progress in EU Parliament and in Lithuania to develop a sanctions regime against Belarus.due to the events associate with the upcoming Presidential election.in Belarus See the link here.