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"Mr President, the Internet has become one of the main sources of independent information in Belarus over the last few years. The number of home computers and Internet connections is increasing. In mid-2005, 2 million people in Belarus were connected to the Internet out of a population of 10 million. Almost 450 000 individuals used Internet Cafés in Minsk in 2004. At the same time, however, the state firm Beltelecom which is a subsidiary of the Ministry of Communications, continues to hold a monopoly over Internet connections. Mr Lukashenko’s regime is doing its best to control use of the Internet by civil society. It is also persecuting and oppressing individuals active in cyberspace, invoking undemocratic articles of the criminal code for the purpose.
The European Union should be exploiting the most modern means of communication as it strives to promote human rights in Belarus. The role of the Internet in providing independent information should be the same as that of the radio in overthrowing dictatorships in the 20th century. The Union must increase the funding devoted to exploiting those new forms of communication through the Internet and mobile telephony that could serve the interests of Belarussian civil society."@en1
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