Responses to the news about the crackdown laws passed by Ukrainian Parliament on January 16, 2014 spread quickly throughout the world. Some of these concerned responses are collected here:
Ukraine regime is trying to “criminalise everything the opposition has been doing in last two months.” http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/another_black_thursday_in_ukraine#sthash.TAKrdSWH.dpufhttp://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/another_black_thursday_in_ukraine …
FT: “The legislation appears to mirror public order controls adopted in neighbouring Russia.” http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e9367e64-7ebc-11e3-a2a7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2qaYicAYH …
Nils Muižnieks is the Commissioner for Human Rights, an independent, non-judicial institution of the Council of Europe Strasbourg (France)
US soccer team will travel to face Ukraine on 03/05/2014. Details @ http://bit.ly/1mbBaIs Img http://moodle.dallastown.k12.pa.us pic.twitter.com/756dCcpmgN
Joining @SenatorCardin to introduce Global Human Rights Accountability Act – extending #Magnisky Act worldwide: http://www.cardin.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/cardin-mccain-introduce-global-human-rights-accountability-act …
Is Ukraine going to bury freedom of information? – Reporters Without Borders http://en.rsf.org/ukraine-is-ukraine-going-to-bury-freedom-16-01-2014,45740.html … via @rsf_rwb
Steven Pifer is a Brookings scholar focusing on arms control, Russia and Ukraine. Retired career diplomat. Washington, D.C. · brookings.edu/experts/pifers
Christopher Miller is Editor at leading English-language newspaper @KyivPost. Also freelance correspondent covering Ukraine. RPCV (Ukraine).
Leonid Ragozin is the Lonely Planet author; ex-BBC & Russian Newsweek.
Some very unsubtle illegal voting today here:
Voices of Ukraine 