International pickets demand the release of Bogdan Syrotiuk

The response of the Ukrainian government to the ICFI's pickets and efforts to deliver the letter were politically revealing.

Dear reader, Yesterday marked a significant milestone in the struggle of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) to secure the freedom of Bogdan Syrotiuk, a Ukrainian socialist arrested by the Zelensky regime for opposing both the Russian and Ukrainian governments and the catastrophic war which has killed hundreds of thousands. The ICFI held a powerful series of internationally-coordinated pickets of Ukrainian embassies and consulates in Istanbul, Paris, London, Berlin, Washington D.C., Toronto, Canberra and Sydney, to protest Bogdan's arbitrary arrest and detention. Sign petition to Free Bogdan At each picket, a leading representative of the ICFI read the Open Letter from the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board, calling for the immediate release of Bogdan, and delivered or attempted to deliver the letter to the embassy. The response of the Ukrainian government to the ICFI's pickets and efforts to deliver the letter were politically revealing. After the first picket in Istanbul, where a consulate worker accepted the letter from Ulaș Ateșçi, it is clear that its review triggered an immediate and significant response by the Zelensky regime. By the time the next pickets took place in Paris, London, Berlin, and Washington D.C., instructions had evidently been sent to embassy officials to refuse acceptance of the letter and drop all formalities, as documented in a series of videos recorded in London, Berlin and Washington. The decision of the Ukrainian officials to hide in their embassies confirms the central allegations of the letter itself, that the arrest of Bogdan is a political frame-up aimed at intimidating all opposition to the war in Ukraine. The officials refused to accept the letter because they know it is an unanswerable indictment of their criminal regime. The pickets exemplified the necessity for an international campaign to stop imperialist war and all attacks on democratic rights. The fight to free Bogdan, as with the fight against war, genocide, dictatorship, climate change and pandemics, can only be waged on an international level. The World Socialist Web Site and the ICFI appeal to all of our readers and supporters to become involved in this campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk, stop the war in Ukraine, end the genocide in Gaza, and deepen the fight for world socialist revolution. Sign the petition to demand Bogdan's freedom and join the campaign to secure his release today! Sign petition Thank you, Evan Blake for the World Socialist Web Site   World Socialist Web Site | wsws.org Articles: Copyright © 2024 wsws.org, All rights reserved. Unsubscribe from this list