(VOVWORLD) - The United States and Canada issued new sanctions against Belarus on Wednesday, designating several entities and individuals over alleged human rights abuses and support for Russia. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (Photo: AFP/VNA) The US Treasury Department said it designated eight individuals and five entities to a sanctions list for allegedly funding the Belarusian government. Canada imposed sanctions against nine individuals and seven entities, with the list including government officials, judges, the head of Belarusian state television, the country's defense ministry, and military manufacturing and technology firms, the Canadian government said in a separate statement on Wednesday.

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