“I signed to protect expression and rights.”
“Because he has family”
“Yes it’s completely anti-democratic to prosecute someone for their freedom of expression. Indicates fascism; and weakness.”
“I believe that Bogdan should be freed because, not only are the charges against him completely fabricated, but they also contravene international law on freedom of political expression.”
“Bogdan’s perspective to unify the Ukrainian and Russian working class against the war, which has cost tens of thousands, likely hundreds of thousands, of lives is the only viable one. It cannot happen soon enough. The fact that the Ukrainian state has instead locked him up and intends to keep him in prison for 15 years tells you everything about where it stands on the war: to continue it, for its own interests, together with those of its backers in Western Europe and the United States.”
“We need to protect free speech”
“Political criticism is not treason. The discussion of the historical crimes of WWII Nazi collaborators such as Stepan Banderra is not a crime of treason. Calling for working people on both sides of the war to stop killing each other is not a crime. These acts of Syrotiuk are treated as treason by a judiciary that acts as executioner for the Ukrainian government. All people who value human life and democratic principles must demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk!”
“This man has done nothing but use his freedom of speech. In the QLD legislation, freedom of expression may have restrictions but he was NOT harming anybody, so by law; he has done nothing wrong. Free Bogdan Syrotiuk.”
“Bogdan Syrotiuk is a 27-year-old Ukrainian socialist sentenced to fifteen years in prison for six published articles. No espionage, no sabotage—only his words. He called for the unity of Ukrainian and Russian workers against the governments waging war over their heads, and for that he is being buried alive in Mykolaiv. His case is not an aberration. It is the logic of a system that discards, silences, and punishes those it cannot use. I recognise that logic. It operates in Melbourne as it operates in Ukraine—different in degree, identical in kind. Free Bogdan Syrotiuk, immediately and unconditionally.”
“Definetly should be free.”
“My support for Syrotiuk is grounded in the principle that opposition to war must not be criminalised. One can condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, recognise the suffering of the Ukrainian people, and still defend the right of individuals to criticise NATO, the Ukrainian government, Russian policy, or any other party to the conflict. Defending political freedom does not require agreement with every position expressed by the person whose rights are at stake.”
“He fights for the right cause, he stood against Ukrainian government which is greatly responsible for the war with Russia. He should be released immediately! No justic in keeping him behind the bars! He is against war, that's what matters the most!”
“Free speech”
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