24/01/2024 | 17:53:05 Thank you very much, Mister President. Professor Doctor Gubad Ibadoghlu is a professor, a very well recognised professor from Azerbaijan. He should be professor at the university in Dresden just now. He is someone who is credible, who works and who works for the best of his own country, Azerbaijan. But unfortunately, he is imprisoned. For nothing – just for speaking the truth – for speaking about the situation in Azerbaijan around corruption in the political sphere. And he is not alone. They... 23/01/2024 | 17:03:40 Madam President, First of all, I would like to thank Mr Piero FASSINO warmly for producing this report and for taking on this difficult task in this difficult geopolitical situation, perhaps the most difficult in the world because, of course, you can put yourself in both sides' shoes, for taking on this report. This morning I read an interview with Ehud Olmert, the former Prime Minister of Israel, I can only highly recommend it; it's an interview worth reading, which makes it clear that you... 22/01/2024 | 15:42:48 Dear Mister President, I didn't have the opportunity until now: so, congratulations from here, Mister President. And I really want to use the opportunity to thank Mr Tiny KOX. As someone who has a very clear position in the spectrum in the Netherlands, is located quite on the left - I would think so, maybe others in the Netherlands have other ideas - with clear ideas, I think you really represent this Parliamentary Assembly from the middle. You were the one who led the Assembly in recent... 22/01/2024 | 12:23:50 Thank you very much. Dear President, under Article 8, I challenge the still unratified credentials of the delegation of Azerbaijan on substantive grounds. Unfortunately, I see no other chance than to send this clear and unmistakable signal now. There's not only a dramatic escalation in domestic politics with more and more political prisoners. There's not only the violent displacement of more than 100 000 people in Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh. There is a direct responsibility of the Azerbaijani... 12/10/2023 | 19:32:34 Dear Mister President, Dear colleagues, Dear Government of Türkiye, you should be proud of Osman Kavala. He is a son of your country, an internationally recognised intellectual. If you were here, some of you would leave the room, but if you had been here on Monday, you should probably be proud of his wife, who is sad and brave in the same way. You should be proud of the winner of one of the most important international human rights prizes, the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Mr Osman Kaval... 12/10/2023 | 17:49:27 Dear President, dear colleagues, This Assembly is giving today a very clear message. No country - no country - should cross red lines in this organisation. Azerbaijan is not just one centimetre before this red line; Azerbaijan is just standing on the red line. One step more, one step more, and one step more towards the core territory of Armenia would mean that Azerbaijan crossed this red line. This Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is fed up - this is my impression - with the... 21/06/2023 | 16:32:53 Dear Mister President, Mister Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Congratulations for this applause. It was the applause from those one who want to limit this organisation. It was the applause from the collected right extremists all over Europe, who are fighting against the values of this organisation and this organisation as a whole. That is a group which hides behind your leadership in this Assembly. The majority have another opinion here. This organisation is about values and the highest values are... 20/06/2023 | 14:28:50 Thank you very much, Mister President, dear Ms Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA, all of you. I am absolutely delighted that the performance of the Volny Chor can take part here, happening here in the chamber of the European Parliament. But now it's our chamber this time. It's, for sure, the chamber of human rights, rule of law, and democracy in Europe. May I say that I was able to meet some of you for the first time during the German unification events last year. I was very impressed by your work. I... 19/06/2023 | 16:01:33 That is very nice, Mister President, but it is not necessary. I think everything was said already. In the end, we do not have to look into the regional situation although there was some recommendation. For sure, we see the resulting situation of Türkiye and some other countries as well. It is difficult and we really refer to the earthquake situation and there were a lot of challenges in the country. We can speak about the refugee situation but this is not our job here. Our job here is to... 19/06/2023 | 15:16:20 Okay, this is not possible in three minutes. What should I say in three minutes, Mister President? These are very important elections with two rounds for each round, maybe for each round three minutes, no? So, Mister President, anyhow I had the honour to lead the Election Observation Mission of the Assembly in Türkiye on the 14 May and the second round on the 28 May. I would like to thank the authorities for inviting us to the country. I really thank the Turkish delegation, Mr Ahmet YILDIZ...