Tag Archives: #HumanRights

The Price of A Hunger Protest #FreeSavchenko

By Elena Polyakovskaya, Radio Svoboda [Radio Liberty] 01.08.2015 Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine The debate over how warranted Nadiya Savchenko’s [second] hunger strike is continues for the third week. [She announced it on December 17, 2015 and began it on … Continue reading

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Nadiya Savchenko’s 2015 year-end postcard to all Ukrainians #FreeSavchenko

By Nadiya Savchenko, on a Rado Javor postcard posted by her sister Vira Savchenko 12.30.2015 Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine Ukrainians, The holidays were difficult, but there was also joy in the bitterness! We never lose spirit and … Continue reading

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Russian Court extends Nadiya Savchenko’s arrest & Savchenko goes on hunger strike. #FreeSavchenko

By Maria Semenchenko, Den’ [Day], Kyiv newspaper, “Ukraine’s Day” section, #232 12.18.2015 Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine “Nadiya is doing everything right.” The Russian court has extended Nadiya Savchenko’s arrest until April 16, 2015; she has announced a hunger strike. … Continue reading

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Nadiya Savchenko’s reply to Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich. #FreeSavchenko

By Mark Feygin, Nadiya Savchenko’s attorney 12.15.2015 Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine Nadiya replied to Nobel Laureate in Literature Svetlana Alexievich. [Nadiya] cannot keep the book she was given by Alexievich… Note from Svetlana Alexievich, on the inside cover of her … Continue reading

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Russian Actionist artist’s attorney: “Pavlensky is likely in a psychiatric hospital”

 By Kommersant.ru 12.10.2015 Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine The attorney of Actionist artist Petr Pavlensky, who was accused of vandalism for setting fire to the door of the FSB building in Lubyanka, believes that her client is in … Continue reading

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