Reactions Anti-protest laws in Ukraine
1 reactions
1.1 domestic
1.2 international
1.3 non-governmental organizations
reactions
domestic
the ukrainian opposition warned new measures further inflame protest movement, , called big gathering in capital kiev on sunday. january 16 dubbed black thursday, .
on topic of these disputed laws, jailed oppositional politician , former prime-minister of ukraine yulia tymoshenko said following:
the mejlis of crimean tatar people denounced laws, stating government has moved open attack on fundamental rights , freedoms, including adopting cynical failure of parliamentary procedures , democratic principles laws violate constitution , international obligations of ukraine, restrict right free assembly, free speech , media, , warned against use of violence in protests helping establish yanukovych regime dictatorship.
lviv mayor andriy sadovy declared laws unconstitutional , not enforced in city.
ukraine- ukrainian minister of foreign affairs, leonid kozhara, noted in statement of ministry laws aimed @ implementing ukrainian legislation number of rules exist in laws of european countries, , comply internationally accepted democratic standards , international practices .
international
european union – in tweet on thursday following events in parliament, european union enlargement commissioner stefan fuele said profoundly concerned new legislation limiting freedoms . said move contradicted ukraine s european aspirations , commitments in european union – ukraine association agreement, president yanukovych abruptly refused sign in november, amid russian economic pressure.
united states – secretary of state john kerry said legislation rammed through rada (parliament) without transparency , accountability violates norms of osce , eu. further described laws anti-democratic .
canada - prime minister stephen harper said in statement reporters accompanying diplomatic trip middle east protests because ukrainian government s actions remind [ukrainians] of anti-democratic , soviet past , government call emergency debate on ukrainian situation when parliament of canada reconvened on 27 january 2014.
non-governmental organizations
wikipedia – announced daily shutdown of ukrainian language version of encyclopedia january 21 onward, 4:00 4:30 pm in protest of laws. site announced shutdown in declaration titled against censorship.
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