Open Statement Of Human Rights Organizations And Public
Organizations Of Ukraine Regarding The Detention Of Ukrainian Citizens In Minsk
We, Ukrainian human rights and public
organizations, demand that the Belarusian authorities immediately and
unconditionally release the citizens of Ukraine and human rights defenders Yevhenii
Vasyliev, coordinator of the Charitable Foundation Vostok SOS, and Konstantin Reutski, Head of the Board of the
Education Human Rights House in Chernihiv, Executive Director of the Charitable Foundation Vostok SOS.
On August 12, 2020, around 5 p.m.,
Yevhenii Vasyliev and Konstantin Reutski were brutally and arbitrarily detained
in Minsk near Victory Square by traffic police officers (DPS). The two
Ukrainian human rights defenders were legally present on the territory of
Belarus and did not commit any illegal actions. The detention was carried out
with excessive force and clearly resulted in injuries and health hazards to the
detainees. Witnesses video-recorded their detention. The whereabouts of
Yevhenii and Konstantin are unknown. There is no connection with them.
Given the recorded facts of recent
large-scale human rights violations in Belarus, including the disproportionate
and illegal use of force by law enforcement officials, we are deeply concerned
about the fate of our colleagues, their health, and their lives.
In this regard, we address the
authorities of the Republic of Belarus with the demand to immediately
release the citizens of Ukraine Konstantin Reutski and Yevhenii Vasyliev,
who were detained illegally and without foundation. We ask the Belarusian state
authorities to inform the Embassy of Ukraine in Belarus about the place of
their location and the grounds for their detention.
Further, we request the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to officially approach the authorities of the
Republic of Belarus with the demand for the immediate release of Reutski and
Vasyliev. We ask the Embassy of Ukraine to take all possible measures to
immediately establish their whereabouts, get in touch with them, meet them, and
provide them with all necessary assistance.
We ask the governments of all
European Union countries, Great Britain, Norway, Switzerland, the USA, and
Canada to require that Belarus
stops the arbitrary imprisonment of Ukrainian citizens and that it releases
Konstantin Reutski and Yevhenii Vasyliev. We furthermore ask you to strengthen
sanctions against Belarusian officials involved in the politically motivated
prosecution of Ukrainian and Belarusian citizens and international journalists,
and in the violations of the freedom of peaceful assembly, the freedom of
speech, and the freedom of association.
We address all international human
rights organizations to facilitate
the work of humanitarian organizations and independent monitoring missions on
human rights in the Republic of Belarus. We ask you to contribute to the
international visibility and condemnation of the falsification of election
results and the crimes committed against peaceful protesters in Belarus.
We address the Office of the
Prosecutor General of Ukraine to
instigate criminal proceedings in connection with the unlawful detention of
Konstantin Reutski, Yevhenii Vasyliev and other citizens of Ukraine by persons
in the uniforms of law enforcement officers of the Republic of Belarus, to
establish all the circumstances of the committed crimes, to investigate the
perpetrators and bring them to justice.
ZMINA
Information Center for Human Rights
Ukrainian
Helsinki Human Rights Union
Truth
Hounds
Media
Initiative for Human Rights
Charity
Foundation East SOS
Human
Rights Centre "Postup"
Human
Rights Education House in Chernihiv
Cherkassky
Human Rights Centre
Kharkiv
Human Rights Protection Group
School
of Mediapatriots
Association
UMDPL
Kharkiv
Regional Foundation "Public Alternative"
La
Strada - Ukraine
Center
for Civil Liberties
Crisis
Media Center "Seversky Donets"
Congress
of National Communities of Ukraine
Donbass
SOS
NGO
"Development of Azov Region"
Charity
Foundation “Help and Cause"
RealStoriesProduction
Human
Rights Initiative
Charitable
Organization SVOYI
NGO
“Women Lugansk”
Molodaya
Prosvita Prikarpattya
NGO
MARTIN-Club
Charitable
Foundation "Children's Voices"
Crimea
SOS
NGO
KOMROZ
NGO
"My Novopskovshchina"
Open
Dialog Foundation
Tribune
Kharkov
Institute of Social Research
Crimean
human rights group
Lugansk
Regional Society All-Ukrainian Network LJV
Blue
Bird
Legalaif
Ukraina
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