By Paula Nörr, 5 minutes. After Belarus’s president, Lukashenko stole the elections last summer, an opposition movement formed against Europe’s last dictator. Protests were harshly suppressed by the Belarusian authorities, thereby violating the human rights of the people in Belarus. The situation has not improved in any terms and Lukashenko continues to oppress all kinds of resistance. But how does the EU respond to these events? And what is the role of the Council of Europe, when talking about the human rights dilemma in Belarus?