Lithuania has formally requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate crimes against humanity committed by the regime of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. This appeal focuses on offenses primarily carried out since May 2020, when the Lukashenko regime started to increasingly target civilians through deportation and persecute political opponents. Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice asserts that these actions represent a systematic attack on dissent in Belarus, aligned with state policy. “The request for justice – emanating from the victims themselves – must not go unanswered,…