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Vincenz Prize laureate Yosyf Zisels shared his memories of the Ukrainian dissident movement

Yosyf Zisels is a laureate of the 2023 Stanisław Vincenz Prize, awarded for humanistic service and a contribution to regional development, during the annual Via Carpatia International Forum. In the program "Life during the war", a well-known human rights defender talked about his acquaintance with the Ukrainian 1960s. According to Yosyf Zisels, in the mid-1960s, he was deliberately looking for representatives of the Ukrainian...

From dissidence to the European choice: Marynovych on the role of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group

The Ukrainian Helsinki Group, as an independent initiative, emerged in Ukraine 50 years ago. In conditions of total control and fear. This was the beginning of the struggle of Ukrainians for democratic values ​​and against the Soviet system. In an interview with Gazeta Halychyna, co-founder of the Helsinki Group, human rights activist, dissident, political prisoner Myroslav Marynovych shared his memories of the value and moral choice that faced each participant...

The publication about the outstanding Ukrainian Vasyl Mudry was presented in the EU

The publication "Vasyl Mudry. The Art of the Possible: A Democrat in the Era of Dictatorships and Totalitarianism", in 3 volumes, was presented for the first time at the Via Carpatia International Forum in Lviv. And last week, the trilogy edited by Ola Hnatiuk was presented in Warsaw during a debate on the threat of totalitarianism and the importance of democracy. The event brought together leading Polish and Ukrainian historians, journalists, publicists...

Telegram in Ukraine: parliamentarians and experts discussed the threats of the platform

The Telegram platform remains an environment in which disinformation about Ukraine spreads, and enemy special services recruit our fellow citizens there. This was discussed by the participants of the discussion "Telegram in Ukraine: you can't ban it, you can't regulate it", which took place in the Ukrainian Media Center. Experts, parliamentarians and specialists in information security outlined the role of the state in regulating the activities of Telegram, urgent legislative decisions and effective countermeasures...