Tag: Open Dialogue

Krzysztof Bukowski of the Open Dialogue Foundation spoke about the situation in Ukraine, the propaganda war waged by Russia and the missing Foundation observer, Sierhij Lefter.

The Head of the Open Dialogue Foundation press office spoke about the situation in Ukraine and the actions the authorities on TVN 24 Biznes i świat.

A journalist, Serhiy Lefter, disappeared on 16 April 2014 in Slovyansk, Donetsk Oblast.Lefter was in Slovyansk since 14 April as Open Dialogue Foundation correspondent, within our observation mission.

The Internet edition of Gazeta Polska Codziennie informs of a PLN2000 reward being offered, organised by “Gazeta Polska” Fund and the Open Dialogue Foundation, in return for assistance in recovering the Maidan Self-Defence flag which was stolen from a bookstore on Świętokrzyska Street, Warsaw.

President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, Lyudmyla Kozlovska spoke about the situation in Ukraine on the French TV channel TV5 Monde.

In January, during the protests on Kiev’s Maidan, Viktor Reka was shot in the eye by a Berkutofficer. At the time of shooting, Viktor was within 10 metres from the line of the Berkut officers.

The Volynska Pravda newspaper reports on the conference on “Lustration – Solutions for Ukraine”, which was held on 10th April 2014 with the participation of representatives from Poland and Volyn’s society at the Palace of Culture in Lutsk.

Psychological support to wounded and injured Maidan activists who are in Polish hospitals is provided by Natalia Basko. Natalia is a psychologist by profession and a Ukrainian national who has been living in Poland for years.

Human right activists are demanding that the the Office of the Prosecutor-General of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security Service of Ukraine cancel the requests for the extradition of the Kazakh political refugee, Mukhtar Ablyazov from France to Ukraine.

A spokesman for ODF, Tomasz Czuwara, in his interview for TVN24 Biznes i Świat
commented on the life sentences handed down to the killers of the Russian journalist,
Anna Politkovskaya.

The portal rp.pl published information on the results of fundraiser for Ukraine, organised by the Open Dialogue Foundation.

Yuriy was one of the leaders on the Maidan. During the February protests, he was repeatedly shot by a sniper and suffered a very serious wound to his hand which doctors initially planned to amputate.

The Open Dialogue Foundation, in collaboration with Collegium Civitas, organised a meeting entitled ‘The EuroMaidan – leave your mark’.

In its news, TVP Polonia summarised assistance actions by Poles to Ukraine, including those by the Open Dialogue Foundation.

Anatoliy Sholudko fought on the Maidan. For his activities, he was kidnapped by ‘Titushky’ and tortured with the use of an electric chair, beaten, subjected to waterboarding and blackmailed by the kidnappers.