Important statement by committee Chair Oleksiy Goncharenko on the occasion of 2024 World Refugee Day: ‘the world needs a system built around the needs of refugees’ pace.coe.int/en/news/9510/j…

Powerful words from Natalia Kaliada: « Sometimes one person can do something that hundreds of politicians fail to do. This one person is an artist, a writer. The artist elevates the everyday human life to the highest echelons, screams of the preciousness of every life ».

With the #LuxembourgSolutions , parliamentarians seek solutions to alleviate the fate of Belarusians in exile forced to flee the Lukashenka regime. pace.coe.int/en/news/9500/i…

Take away from panel on culture at #LuxembourgSolutions on Belarusians in exile : each Council of Europe member State should organise an event on Belarus culture. This would be the best present for Lukashenka for his 30 years of power. Put #Belarus on the European artistic map.

.CoeYouth at the #LuxembourgSolutions on Belarusians in exile: ‘Cultural production is a platform on which young people’s capacity to engage in deliberation, to confront each other on differences in opinion and position, to cross divides and challenge taboos can all take place’

At panel on culture of the #LuxembourgSolutions : « We deserve for Belarusian culture to represent Belarusian people and cultural exchange is amongst the easiest and most comprehensible ways for our European partners to acknowledge and support our true government ».

At panel on preserving & promoting Belarusian cultural identity of the #LuxembourgSolutions : « Help us create a new generation of Belarusian artists, for we are too used to working in a totalitarian culture. Let’s integrate Belarusian artists in the in’ artistic community. »

At panel on legal entry and stay of the #LuxembourgSolutions  for Belarusians in exile : « The Council of Europe provides a valuable platform for dialogue and collaboration. Let us continue our efforts with renewed determination and solidarity ».

Concrete impact of report on Belarusians in exile: in Lithuania, Belarus lawyers can practice without a valid Belarusian license. Other ⁦Council of Europe⁩ member States should follow this good practice.  pace.coe.int/en/files/31822

At the #LuxembourgSolutions : « The Belarusian Bar not only fails to defend lawyers, but also participates directly in the repressions against them ».

At panel on pursuing a professional career in exile of the #LuxembourgSolutions : « Businesses are always the drivers for change. In 2020, many businesses supported the protests against Lukashenka ».

The #LuxembourgSolutions : « The more business initiatives we manage to create, the sooner Belarusian business will become a driver of Belarusian sustainability. After the liberation of Belarus, business will play the biggest role in sticking the torn apart country back together’

At panel on access to education of the #LuxembourgSolutions : ‘Belarus, like Ukraine, should not be seen as a byproduct of Russian imperialism’

At panel on access to education of #LuxembourgSolutions : ‘Over 30 years of independence we have built up a strong civil society in education. Thanks to this we have not been excluded from the European family’.

At the #luxembourgsolutions , award-winning writer Sasha Filipenko gives a strong testimony of the Kafkaesque character of the Lukashenka regime: « Belarus is 1 of the only countries in the world where people can be repressed for speaking one of the State languages: Belarusian. »

Sviatlana Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya at #theluxembougsolutions on improving the fate of Belarusians in exile: « Every border crossing is like playing Russian roulette: you don’t know when you could end up in jail. »
« All bureaucracy must be dropped when human rights are at stake ».

Aux « Solutions de Luxembourg » pour améliorer le sort des bélarusses.ne.s en exil, Paul Galles 🇱🇺🇪🇺🌎 (🇱🇺, PPE/CD):
‘Un Bélarus démocratique est une des solutions à la stabilité de l’Europe. Le #Bélarus fait partie de la famille européenne.’

.Paul Galles 🇱🇺🇪🇺🌎 (Luxembourg, EPP/CD): « With the « Luxembourg solutions », we are trying to write a small page of history by proposing solutions to improve the lives of the Belarusians in exile who were forced to flee the Lukashenka regime. »

Strong message by Theodoros Rousopoulos at #theluxembourgsolutions : ‘« Bring more Belarus into Europe and more Europe into Belarus », this is what we’re trying to do at the Council of Europe everyday. By helping Belarusians in exile, we help building tomorrow’s democratic Belarus.’

« Les Solutions de Luxembourg » sur le sort des bélarussien.ne.s en exil commence avec un message fort de la part de Xavier Bettel: « Une des plus grandes erreurs qu’on fait, c’est qu’en condamnant un pays on condamne ses citoyens. »