01/10/2025 | 12:01:36 Dear colleagues, dear President, First of all, thank you for this idea. Indeed, hopefully when we vote for this resolution, we will put it into action, and every Autumn part-session we will commemorate the memory of those who put their life at risk to report, to bring the truth. This commemoration day will be called "Victory for Viktoria" in the memory of Viktoria ROSHCHYNA. At 1 p.m. we will be opening an exhibition dedicated to those Ukrainian journalists who are still in captivity. But... 01/10/2025 | 11:09:46 Thank you, Mr President. Thank you, colleagues. Indeed, this Assembly proves over and over again that freedom of speech is very important. And now, we will be descussing and debating and, hopefully, will support the resolution that I prepared. And it starts with Journalists Matter, and journalists do matter. If you look at the numbers of journalists that were killed under different circumstances, especially during the time of war in the last few years, the numbers have drastically gone up... 29/09/2025 | 12:18:29 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank both of the rapporteurs for their tremendous work over these months, although it was summer it was very intense and you see how fast the world is changing around us and we have to keep up. And I would like to thank actually for bringing all of these important topics to the debates this week, because we cannot just be silent or pretend that drones are not flying over your countries right now, not only in Ukraine. And there is a... 24/06/2025 | 17:02:12 Thank you, Chair. We've been talking a lot about the Special Tribunal, about justice. And I want to remind us who we are doing this for. For those millions of Ukrainians who are not sleeping every night because of the drones, for those who lost their loved ones, for those prisoners of war who were in captivity and returned. And 90% of them experienced trouble, torture, electric shocks, sexual violence, all kinds of torture. Waiting half of the wait before they went to these prisons. And... 23/06/2025 | 17:00:52 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, at the same time, when we were sitting at the Joint Committee sittings, the body of an 11-year-old girl was taken out of the debris of a residential apartment building in Kyiv that was ruined by Russian drones and Russian missiles. Before that, the body of her mother was taken out of the same building. And the father, who at the time was not in the building, was waiting for eight hours to find out whether they were alive or not. They were eighth and ninth... 10/04/2025 | 11:17:54 Thank you President. Dear colleagues, dear rapporteurs. Thank you for your patience and your work. In January, this Assembly adopted a very powerful resolution on Georgia. We spoke clearly: the country needs early and fair elections. The release of political prisoners, an independent judiciary, free media, and a rejection of laws that discourage civil society. We sent strong signals, as a partner, as a friend, as part of one European family. So what do we see just a few months later? Instead... 08/04/2025 | 18:43:35 Thank you, Chair. Thank you, colleagues, for your kind words, especially for putting forward the importance of communication with young people and the role of youth rapporteurs. By the way, here we had three youth rapporteurs speaking already: Ms Sona GHAZARYAN, Ms Naomi CACHIA, and myself, because I'm a youth rapporteur for the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media. So, it's the first start during the debates. Of course, I do value all the comments on communication, on the... 08/04/2025 | 18:24:19 Let's start, Mister Chair. I think everyone is seated now. Dear colleagues, I feel very privileged today, since most of the people in this Assembly had 2 minutes to speak, and I have 7 minutes as rapporteur. But, obviously, there are so many people who spoke and still want to speak at this late hour, so I will try to be as brief as possible. Of course, it's not the first time we've modified the rules and procedures of this Assembly, and, obviously, we will do this this year or next year, so... 08/04/2025 | 16:09:00 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, It's an extremely important report that Ms Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA prepared and also a very important side event that was organised by the Latvian delegation, and we talked a lot about AI. And that's actually what I also want to draw your attention to. Because this propaganda, especially the Russian interference with state media, with propagandists, with different networks of pseudo-experts and pseudo-journalists, is just the tip of an iceberg. Because... 07/04/2025 | 16:55:10 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, of course, we're discussing important issues – the violation of human rights around the globe. But I want to bring your attention to what happened in Ukraine just a few days ago. A brutal attack on civilians in the city of Kryvyi Rih. It's in the eastern part of the country, and a Russian missile – ballistics, actually – hit the residential area and the playground where kids were playing on the Friday evening. This brutal attack took 20 lives, nine of...