Valery Matskevich, responsible for strategic planning and coordination at the NAM, in an interview with Euroradio The new configuration of democracies announced at the recent conference in Vilnius will be formed by two interconnected structures: a reorganized Coordination Council (representative body) and the United Transitional Cabinet (executive body). Why is the Coordination Council important? The Coordination Council is a legitimate body that represents the interests of the Belarusian people, and it has gained international recognition, which is reflected, among other things, in the documents of the European Parliament and the U.S. Senate. At the same time, the CC should become truly representative: it will include the widest possible range of representatives of democratic forces and initiatives of civil society. To ensure representativeness, political structures, civil society initiatives, as well as communities of Belarus will be able to nominate delegates to the CC, which, in turn, will be formed from the relevant segments of the kind of activity, such as education and culture, ecology, diaspora structures, and others. It is supposed that the reformed Coordinating Council will receive the right to approve the members of the United Transitional Cabinet at public hearings and receive from them a report on the work performed. In the foreseeable future it may be possible to directly elect the members of the Coordinating Council using the technical capabilities of the digital platform by open voting. The full composition of the Coordinating Council could reach 130 members, of which 25-30 would be members of the current main body of the Council. The Coordination Council reform process is scheduled to be completed on November 30. Details of the delegate nomination procedure will be published soon in the independent media and resources of the CC. More information about the reform of the CC is in the full version of the interview

On September 15, Lukashenko issued a decree equalizing the rights of Ukrainian refugees in Belarus with those of Belarusian citizens. However, the main reason why refugees are forced to come to Belarus from Ukraine is not voiced. Why are Lukashenko and his propagandists silent about the fact that it was because of the regime's support of Russia's war against Ukraine that all these people were forced to leave their home? Why is it not mentioned that it was because Russian troops entered Ukraine from the territory of Belarus that the tragedies in Bucha, Irpen and many other Ukrainian cities took place? Why is there no mention of the fact that rocket and air strikes from the territory of Belarus deprived Ukrainians of their homes and many of their lives? And now Lukashenko has signed a decree allegedly "in the interests of the Ukrainians”. The main interest of Ukrainians with regard to Belarus is the end of the Lukashenko regime's aggression against Ukraine. Lukashenko has actually united the Belarusians and Ukrainians in disenfranchisement. This is the main thing we should understand in this decree of the dictator.

Prompt reaction of the Representative of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus on the transit of power to the speech of the dictator. It was Lukashenko who put Belarus before the real threat of the state's extinction. The dictator trades independence, which for him is just a tool to keep power. Lukashenko is a political weakling, he can only speak in front of organized spectators, and the dictator will never do it in front of free Belarusians, because he is aware of the reaction he will get. If some European politicians fall for Lukashenko's statements, it means that they, too, are political weaklings. Belarusians are now a mature and mature nation. We will not be fooled by Lukashenko's lies, who has only violence, aggression, and lies in his arsenal. We will make sure that this political weakling leaves the political arena of Belarus once and for all.

Alina Koushyk is a Belarusian journalist, coach, TV host and director. She has a degree in history and has founded numerous social projects. For the past 15 years, she has worked at Belsat TV, where she was the host of the Belsat Studio, PraSvet and 54% shows. In addition, Alina co-founded the Center for Belarusian Solidarity in Warsaw and InBelKult 2.0, as well as a club of Belarusian women in Warsaw. She masterminded the Belarusian business map bymapka.me. (Alina ran the first culinary blog in Belarusian) Within the Cabinet, Ms. Koushyk will be: Creating the National Revival strategy for Belarus. Promoting knowledge of history, culture and the Belarusian language. Developing reforms in culture, education, and mass media. Coordinating the work of institutes and initiatives on education, history and culture. Counteracting informational aggression. Alina’s strategic objectives will include promoting cooperation with international partners, embassies, and international cultural organizations to increase support for Belarusian culture, education, and history. Also, Alina will focus on creating working commissions for the revival of the Belarusian language, historical memory and monuments, as well as heraldry. Welcome to the team!

For many years we have heard propaganda about "brotherhood" and that "we can't go anywhere without Russia. But where did this path, this propaganda and pro-Russian policy of the Lukashenko regime lead us? I will answer: to the almost 30-year dictatorship of Lukashenko. Backward economy, development of which was deliberately held back by the dictatorship, trading instead and gradually selling our sovereignty in exchange for loans, subsidies and cheap energy from Russia. And passing this off as its "economic successes" — at a time when state-owned enterprises were falling deeper and deeper into decline and private business was being outright destroyed. It was this trade and artificially created dependence on Russia that allowed the Lukashenko regime to remain in power all these years - and allowed it to forcibly retain power in 2020. The price of this policy for Belarus was its transformation into a military training ground, Russian occupation, and involvement in the war against Ukraine. A war that would not have happened WITHOUT Russia and Lukashenko. But this is where we come together with "brotherly" Russia. This is the point at which we are right now. And at this point I want to ask you — did you dream of such a Belarus? Was the "brotherhood" with Russia and those cheap energy and loans which for years have stalled the development of our country and at the same time led it to occupation and war, worth it? So what future do you dream of for Belarus now? With Russia and a pro-Russian regime in power — or a completely independent, free and democratic Belarus? You know my answer.

NAM lawyer Mikhail Kirilyuk in an interview with Belsat commented on the latest actions of the regime The idea of depriving critics of the authorities of their citizenship is no more legitimate than Lukashenko's "presidency" itself. Citizenship is a legally formalized mutual connection of a person and the state. It is defined not by political views and adherence to ideology, but by the place of birth and residence, the obligation to serve in the army, the obligation to pay taxes, and so on. In return, a citizen receives protection inside and outside the country, inviolability of private property, constitutionally guaranteed right to build a life and career in the country, to elect mayors, deputies and the president himself. De facto, the Belarusans who were forced to leave (and those who stayed behind) have already been deprived of their citizenship. They were left with only the "right" to pay taxes. That is why the legal "deprivation" of the passport is yet another ungrounded populist gesture of the regime, which means nothing but a complete devaluation of the fundamentals of law in the country.

Remove Lukashenko, Putin's main ally Pavel Latushka as a representative of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus on the transit of power took part in the XXXI Economic Forum in Karpacz (Poland), the largest forum in Eastern Europe. The forum was attended by 5 thousand representatives of governments, parliaments, civil sector and media. The main theses of Pavel Latushka's speech: Russia will not achieve its goals in Ukraine and the Ukrainian people will defend their independence and statehood from the aggressor and restore the territorial integrity of their country; only the removal of Lukashenko's regime from power will enable the Belarusians to defend and restore their sovereignty and implement the necessary democratic changes; We call on all our partners to fully support our struggle for freedom from Lukashenko's dictatorship and Russian occupation, for independence and democracy now; We must now remove the first obstacle to the liberation and democratization of our country — the Lukashenko regime. Not to mention the obvious — the loss of this ally, Russia's loss of the Belarusan bridgehead may become the factor that will allow Ukraine to win much faster. Pavel Latushka met with politicians and public figures of Poland, Ukraine, Germany, France, Czech Republic and other countries. Also Pavel Latushka gave interviews to many media including TVP World, Polsat News, TVN24 BIS, WPN, Radio Zet, ZDE, Channel 24, Belsat and others.

Just like the media, statistics is a mirror of society. The first one was dealt with in Belarus loudly and demonstratively. The second sector was dealt with quietly and methodically, "caring" about the information "unnecessary" for the eyes of the citizens. They say, why do ordinary people need it? He has enough to worry about. The rest can be dealt with by "clever people". As a result, in recent years, the Belarusians have gradually stopped learning: official data on mortality in the country (especially from coronavirus); statistics on exports and imports; Customs statistics; real figures on migration and employment, forced vacations and idle hours; data on companies' debts; budget execution statistics. The exception so far is the data on inflation (the regime admitted that it had accelerated to 18%, which is three times higher than the level forecasted for 2022). The regime "tries" to "correct the situation" by increasing the wages, officially by 13%, which the Belarusians do not feel. The rise in prices "eats up" everything faster (because the real inflation is obviously higher than 18%). And so it is with all the indicators that the regime announces. What does it mean and what is the risk? It's illegal. State agencies are obliged to keep official data open, and this is stipulated in the Law on State Statistics; The state system degrades itself. Officials without access to information have no understanding of the "real picture", which undermines the stability of the economy and social sphere; The lack of data on COVID and other threats prevents the population from responding adequately to danger. It is necessary to force the regime to report real statistics to the Belarusians. This is a question of the country's survival during one of the most difficult periods in history.

On Defending Independence and Sovereignty of the Republic of Belarus Today, Ukraine, assessing the situation in Belarus, named it an "occupied state". Prior to that, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister named Belarus partially occupied. This is the most difficult time for the independence of our country in the last 30 years. Defending and restoring independence is a priority for the United Transitional Cabinet, and thus the first decree of the democratic forces' executive body addresses this priority. Earlier, at the New Belarus conference, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya announced the establishment of the United Transitional Cabinet. As of today, it includes: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Head of the Cabinet. Pavel Latushka, Cabinet Representative for the Transit of Power. Aliaksandr Azarau, Cabinet Representative for the Restoration of Law and Order. Valery Kavaleuski, Cabinet Representative for Foreign Affairs. Valery Sakhaschyk, Cabinet Representative for Defense and National Security. The Cabinet has been forming its team for about a month now. New representatives will be announced soon. In addition, it has been working on the agreed areas; updates on the results will soon be shared in the Cabinet’s Telegram channel.

Is a tribunal for Lukashenka’s crimes real? Crimes against humanity. This term, introduced at the beginning of the 20th century, singles out the most serious and massive crimes in modern history into a separate section of international law. The legal definition took shape in 1915, when the whole world learned about the horrors of the Armenian genocide. Since then, the term has only become more popular: Nazi-occupied Europe, the events in Cambodia, Rwanda, Sudan, Yugoslavia — throughout the twentieth century, countries "competed" in the scale and sophistication of the oppression of entire peoples: from illegal deportations, imprisonment and shelter to physical destruction in the most brutal ways. So far, in a milder, but progressive and already threatening form, these processes have been unfolding in Belarus since 2020. The United Nation’s team, as part of the investigation of crimes against humanity around the world, came to Warsaw to talk with victims, witnesses and lawyers who can provide materials for the investigation of the torture of Belarusian demonstrators, human rights activists and journalists. This will be done by United Nations investigators who participated in the work of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, as well as the tribunals for Kosovo, Lebanon and Sudan. Particular attention will be paid to the following cases: sexual and gender-based violence; unfair trials and denial of access to justice in general. At the same time, Belarus has more in common with the last of these countries than it seems. The international community has officially accused Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir of provoking a civil war and genocide and put him on the international wanted list. Similar accusations were also made against the murdered Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Of course, in Belarus we are not yet talking about massacres of citizens or provoking a civil war. However, even the current crimes of the Lukashenka regime allow us to talk about their scale and systematic nature — both in gross violation of human rights and in their ongoing grave consequences (the bombing of Ukraine from Belarus has not stopped). From a legal point of view, this puts the Belarusian dictator on a par with the "tribunal league" from among his North African "colleagues". The only difference so far is the smaller proven number of deaths due to the fault of the Belarusian dictator. Testimonies of eyewitnesses confirming torture and human rights violations (if they are recognized by the UN) make the prospect of putting Lukashenka on the wanted list more real. Even despite the fact that Belarus, like Sudan, did not sign the Rome Statute. In addition, the data received by the UN experts from Belarusians can be used in other investigations within the framework of Universal Jurisdiction: in Lithuania, Poland and other countries with the participation of the NAM. All testimonies of our compatriots and the lawyers who worked with them will be carefully checked for compliance with international standards for the protection of information and the safety of those interviewed and, if satisfied, will be included in the report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Findings in the investigators' report will be included in the report provided that the standard of proof of sufficient evidence is met.

The so-called Minister of Education Andrei Ivanets said that European values are alien to Belarusians. Let’s list them at least partially for citizen Ivanets: the right to life, the prohibition of torture, the right to liberty and security of person, the right to freedom of movement, equality before the courts, the presumption of innocence, the prohibition of interference with private and family life, the inviolability of the home, the secrecy of correspondence; the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of speech, prohibition of propaganda for war and incitement to hostility or violence, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, the right to take part in the conduct of public affairs, to vote and to be elected, equality before the law, prohibition of discrimination… All these are fundamental human rights and freedoms. These are the European values that are alien to the so-called minister, and which are being destroyed by Lukashenka’s dictatorship in Belarus. These are our rights, which the Lukashenka regime, its ministers-accomplices, violate daily, hourly, every minute. But we, Belarusians, are a European people! And the values of democracy, freedom and human rights, European values are our values, the values of Belarus without Lukashenka.

The Belarusian language should be the basis of the Belarusian school — this was discussed at the opening of the Belarusian School in Warsaw The Belarusian-language school in Warsaw consisted of experienced mentors and teachers, including PhDs and even 6 professors. More than 150 students — Belarusian children from Poland, Belarus, Germany, Georgia, USA, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Turkey, Czech Republic and other countries — will study the Belarusian language and literature, culture and art, history and geography of Belarus. Classes will take place online, and children will be able to attend art circles and studios offline at the sites of Belarusian cultural organizations in Warsaw, including the site of the Free Belarus Museum. The school year began with a lesson in the Belarusian language and culture. Deputy head of the United Transitional Government of Belarus and former Minister of Culture Pavel Latushka participated in the opening of the school year. "Belarus has a richer culture. Therefore, Belarusians can be proud of what their ancestors did. And no matter how hard it is now, only a good fate and only a good future awaits the Belarusians and Belarus," said Pavel Latushka during his speech at the opening of the school. "It is impossible to imagine the existence and development of the Belarusian statehood without the Belarusian school," concluded Pavel Latushka.