From a reactive approach to a sustainable strategy for national reconciliation and Belarus’s European future

First, the regime must begin a dialogue with society, with democratic forces. Only then can we speak of any agreements between Brussels and Minsk

The member of the Coordination Council delegation to PACE recalled that during the last session in which he participated, a special resolution was adopted concerning the security of the European continent

Transnational repression has become a systemic tool used by authoritarian regimes to persecute their opponents beyond the country's borders. However, Lukashenka's regime has brought these practices to a scale that meets the definition of persecution as a crime against humanity, which falls under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court

Theses of the Speech by Pavel Latushka, Delegate of the Coordination Council and Member of the Belarusian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, delivered at a Special Event of the PACE titled “Understanding Transnational Repression: Risks, Patterns and Implications for Europe’s Democratic Space and Its Most Vulnerable Democracies” during the PACE Winter Plenary Session (26–30 January 2026)

The actions of the military-political leadership of Lukashenka's regime, which led to the act of aggression by Belarus against Ukraine, must be properly documented. This is exactly the work that the People's Anti-Crisis Management is now carrying out

In his speech, the PACE rapporteur on Belarus noted that Lukashenka's regime continues mass political repression, and since 2020, more than 8,000 people have been convicted in politically motivated criminal cases, including 1,254 people in the past year

Theses of the Speech by Pavel Latushka, Delegate of the Coordination Council and Member of the Belarusian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, at the meeting of the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights during the PACE Winter Plenary Session

Theses of the Speech by Pavel Latushka, Delegate of the Coordination Council and Member of the Belarusian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, at the meeting of the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy during the PACE Winter Plenary Session

Pavel Latushka, together with other members of the delegation of democratic forces of Belarus to PACE, also took part in meetings with the delegations of the parliaments of Croatia and France

The memorandum to the resolution emphasizes Lukashenka's involvement in the deportation of Ukrainian children to Belarus

Emphasized Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus and member of the Coordination Council, during the third meeting of the Alliance of Parliamentary Groups ‘For Democratic Belarus’, held in Paris and organized by the National Assembly of France

Thesis of the Speech by Pavel Latushka, leader of the “Latushka’s Team and Movement ‘For Freedom’” faction, delegate of the Coordination Council to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, during the meeting of the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Pavel Latushka stressed that the Belarusian people today are the most exposed to transnational repression among all the peoples of Europe