21/06/2022 | 19:31:18 Thank you, Mister President, for this generous time. Thank you to all of the speakers and for the resounding support that I have heard for my report, but not only my report, but also Mr Frank SCHWABE's report. It is very important to hear that the Assembly has a very strong support for this report because, regardless of whether or not Russia is a member of this Organisation, we must continue to remind them of their international obligations, and we must continue to fight for the realisation... 21/06/2022 | 18:26:04 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, Imprisoning people for expressing themselves is a lethal weapon against democracy. Criminalising dissent is one of the most effective measures to drain the life out of any democratic society. Creating an atmosphere of fear, repression and persecution of any opposition is the necessary precondition for totalitarian rule. And, as Mr Vladimir Kara-Murza, one of Russia´s political prisoners so eloquently puts it; internal suppression leads to external... 21/06/2022 | 12:37:16 Mr President, thank you. Ministers, Ms Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA, great to see you here and thank you for this debate. First of all, as a general rapporteur of this Assembly for the status of human rights defenders, I'd like to say that I've presented or requested that we make a concept note in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights about how we can strengthen our relationship with civil society in Belarus but also in Russia, so that we can further collaborate with you. I think that... 28/04/2022 | 11:29:11 Thank you, Mr Chair. I'd like to commend the Rapporteur on his excellent and comprehensive report that was worked on and finished with very short notice. I would also like to say that this is a combined effort of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. We worked very hard on this report and I think – excuse me – I think we could get a much better report after our collaboration. I would like to point out that it is a comprehensive report but it needs further work by the Committee on... 27/04/2022 | 19:39:04 Thank you, Madam Chair, I would like to start by thanking the rapporteur for his excellent report and for our excellent collaboration in the preparation of the report. The police are one of the few institutions in our member States that are permitted and legally allowed to use force against their citizens. Yet, with great power comes great responsibility. It is therefore that this report is very important because it stresses the fact that we need to hold the police accountable for excessive... 27/04/2022 | 10:34:58 Thank you, Mr President. I would like to thank Mr Frank SCHWABE for this comprehensive report about what the Council of Europe can do to show solidarity with Ukraine, but also where we are moving forward after this reprehensible and completely unjustifiable invasion of the Russian Federation into the territory of Ukraine. First of all, I would like to express my utmost support to the idea that the Council of Europe does everything in its power to support the constitution of an international... 15/03/2022 | 18:06:20 Thank you, Mister Chair. Dear Colleagues, I condemn with the strongest possible terms this murderous war, and I demand the immediate cessation of this inexcusable aggression of Russia against Ukraine. I declare full solidarity with the Ukrainian people who are suffering in this senseless and completely unjustifiable war. I also call for the immediate expulsion of Russia from the Council of Europe, a murderer state that invades their neighbours, that murders its people, that commits war crimes... 27/01/2022 | 09:25:41 Thank you, Madam President. Addressing the issue of mandatory vaccination, I would like to say a few words. First of all, I believe that hesitancy towards accepting vaccination is not so much to do with selfish indulgence or self-centeredness in the citizens but rather a lack of trust in the public institutions. We have seen a direct connection between trust in public institutions and the willingness to vaccinate, so I do not believe – as I think many do believe – that people that refuse... 26/01/2022 | 18:10:16 Thank you, Madam President. Dear colleagues, first of all, I would like to thank Mr Jacques MAIRE for his detailed and thorough report on an issue that goes to the core of the purpose of the Council of Europe. It addresses the right to life, the freedom of thought, conscience and religion, the principle of no punishment without law, freedom of movement, freedom of assembly and the fight for the freedom of all political prisoners. Furthermore, this report contains meticulous and detailed... 23/06/2021 | 19:10:01 Thank you, Madam President. I would like to thank all of our colleagues for an interesting and fruitful debate on this very important and very serious issue that we are facing today. I would like to add a few points that I did not mention in my introductory speech and I would also like to answer to a few of the comments, especially those made by the Russian colleagues. Now, first of all, I would just like to note that of course it is also true that other minorities, especially Ukrainian, and...