I’ve blogged previously about some of Ukraine’s current civil
liberties issues related to its internal troubles here
and
here; this week Foreign Policy does
a more thorough story, filled with specific Ukrainian voices,
about the country’s troubles willing to fight the war against
Russian-backed rebels, a war theoretically in abeyance for now, and
a war too many American politicians are willing to help the
Ukrainians fight if it continues even as many Ukrainians themselves
are not so willing.
Excerpts:
Last week, high-profile journalist Ruslan
Kotsaba was
detained on charges of treason and espionage after he
spoke out against mobilization. Days later, President Petro
Poroshenko announced that the security service had “detained 19
active …read more
Source: Reason.com
