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"Colleagues, Belarus is a blot on the map of Europe. Conditions there are no different from life behind the iron curtain, which many colleagues in this Chamber experienced personally.
I remember the yearning for freedom which most Estonians felt; and Finnish radio and television helped North Estonia maintain that yearning, along with Radio Free Europe and Voice of America. All Belarusians need this kind of window on the world.
On 10 December, human rights day, the television satellite Belsat began broadcasting in Poland, its mission is to make Belarus a community of citizens. The most important partners of the station, which operates in Belarusian and Russian, are the journalists of Belarus fighting for democracy. The ten per cent of Belarusians who have satellite dishes can currently watch the broadcasts.
The station is backed by Poland, Ireland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic and the USA. Good television, my friends, cannot be made on the cheap. Because of this I ask both the European Commission and all Member States to support Belsat financially. I see it as our bounden duty as democracies."@en1
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