Catherine Ardagh (Fianna Fail)
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Apologies; my laptop is not working. I thank Mr. Gilmore for his presentation. I was listening. I want to put on record my horror at the serious erosion of democracy in Belarus. I cannot believe that Ms Tsikhanouskaya's husband was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment. She is nine days older than me and has two young children like me. It strikes me that as a committee, we should make some sort of point that we are outraged by this. It is very upsetting for Ms Tsikhanouskaya to receive this news. We have discussed the issue of the Uyghur muslims and the Chair has provided us with an update. There are serious issues relating to the erosion of democracy all over the world, as the Chair highlighted. I thank Mr. Gilmore for his presentation. It was fascinating and I really enjoyed it.