'THIS IS A REVOLUTION': Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians take to streets in the largest protests the country has seen since since 2004. Anti-government protesters now control of parts of central Kiev, including the famous Independence Square.
Here's why the protests matter " (quote thanks to George Thomas, CBN)
BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25182823
"What caused the protests? --- The trigger was the government's decision not to sign a far-reaching partnership deal with the EU, despite years of negotiations aimed at integrating Ukraine with the 28-nation bloc."
Hufvustadsbladet (A-L Laurén)
http://moskva.blogg.hbl.fi/2013/12/02/revolution-2-0-i-kiev/
"Vi viker inte en tum"
Journalisten.se
http://www.journalisten.se/nyheter/fler-40-journalister-misshandlade-i-kiev
"Fler än 40 journalister från bland andra AFP, AP, Reuters och The New York Times har misshandlats i samband med protesterna i Ukraina. OSSEs medierepresentant Dunja Mijatović riktar skarp kritik mot polisen, som också pekas ut som förövare i många fall."
http://signum.se/kyrkoledare-stodjer-protester-i-ukraina/
"Flera kyrkoledare i Ukraina har uttryckt sitt stöd för de pro-europeiska protesterna som i dessa dagar uttrycks i landet. Bland annat har den ukrainska grekisk-katolska stor-ärkebiskopen Sviatoslav Shevchuk och den ukrainsk-ortodoxe patriarken Filaret uppmanat till en fredlig lösning på konflikten och uttryckt förhoppningar att protesterna skall leda till ett rättvisare Ukraina."
Charter 97
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2013/12/2/80894/
Former Belarusian presidential candidate in exile Andrei Sannikov: "The whole world and millions of Belarusians are looking at you with hope today and wish you victory. You have come out to the streets in order to stand for your freedom, your right to choose European future for Ukraine. Europe cannot be considered complete without Ukraine, as well as without Belarus. The European Union is the only association of countries in the world, where democracy and human rights are in the forefront."
Civic Solidarity:
http://civicsolidarity.org/article/854/appeal-osce-civil-society-parallel-conference-situation-ukraine
"The forcible dispersal of a peaceful demonstration on Independence Square on November 30 not only violated Ukraine’s constitution, but also Ukraine’s international obligations related to freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of speech and protection against torture and other cruel punishment. --- The situation in complicated by the fact that Ukraine is the 2013 Chairman of the OSCE. The chair country should be a leader in demonstrating the will to fulfill its OSCE obligations and the guarantor of a rapid OSCE response to extraordinary and crisis situations, including in the human dimension."
CNN: Ukraine: Why its future lies with the EU -- not Russia
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/03/opinion/ukraine-protests-russia-forbrig/index.html?sr=sharebar_facebook
"Many in Ukraine feel today that they have reached a final junction. They do not want to miss what may be the last opportunity in many years to come for a principal, some even say civilizational, choice between Europe and Russia, democracy and dictatorship, sovereignty and subordination, prosperity and poverty, modernity and mayhem."
Interesting...
Pravda.ru
http://english.pravda.ru/world/ussr/02-12-2013/126284-ukraine-0/
The Moscow Times:
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/kiev-protesters-bring-city-to-standstill/490744.html
The Moscow Times:
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/the-ukraine-protests-as-seen-through-social-media-photo-essay/490727.html
Photos: Kerstin Lindén
The flag above in this post is my flag from the "Orange revolution" in Kiev square, 2004. Denna oranga flagga var med vid den "Oranga revolutionen" 2004-2005 på torget i Kiev, Ukraina och är en gåva av en högt uppsatt polis som (tvingats) lämna Ukraina. Hans uppfattning om Yanukovich och Yushchenko var ungefär: "den ena är lite mindre korrumperad" och avsåg Yushchenko. I samband med att jag fick flaggan hände spännande saker; en rullstol sändes till Ukraina och försändelser hittade också vägen över gränsen till Vitryssland/Belarus.
The Flag below is a gift from Minsk, Belarus
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