"The State Department imposes sanctions ... against the following persons for their involvement in gross human rights violations: ... Igor Kenyukh and Yevgeny Shapetko, heads of the infamous Akrestin prison in Minsk, for their involvement in gross human rights violations," in a statement by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
It is clarified that they are accused of involvement in torture and / or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment of those detained after the presidential elections in Belarus on August 9, 2020.
Earlier, the United States imposed new sanctions on Belarus, and the son of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, businessman Dmitry Lukashenko, was also subject to American restrictions.