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"en.20110307.21.1-153-000"2
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"Mr President, I truly regret that Mr McMillan-Scott is no longer in charge of proceedings, since I have a request for him, which is related to the human rights in which he is so interested. As you all know, the 19 December elections in Belarus were followed by a wave of arrests. The fact that all the presidential candidates who ran against Mr Lukashenko were arrested only adds to the bizarreness of the situation. On 19 February, Ales Mikhalevich was released from prison; he was one of the competing candidates. He confirmed that he had been tortured. I will spare you the description of this torture. Suffice it to say that it was very serious. Accordingly, since we will be adopting a resolution on this very matter this week, I hereby address the entire Chamber, particularly Mr McMillan-Scott, who holds human rights so close to his heart, to speak up on this matter in a most unequivocal and emphatic way and to demand that a stop be put to these shameful practices. Thank you."@en1
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