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In 1990, students in Kyiv went on a mass hunger strike to call for more rights and autonomy in the Soviet Union. It was Ukraine's 'Revolution on Granite.'

A 13 year old named Maksym voiced his support for them and for the independence of Ukraine. We all should know his name. 🧵
He is Maksym Butkevych, a journalist and rights activist who has dedicated his life to promoting human dignity, transparency, and the rule of law.

He joined Ukraine's Armed Forces after February 2022.

Today Russian occupiers + proxies sentenced him to 13 years in prison. 2/4
Maksym has always stood up for the marginalised and for prisoners of conscience. As he did in 1990, he has voiced his support for freedom fearlessly.

He is our colleague and our friend. Please learn his name and share his story. #FreeMaksymButkevych 3/4 Image of human rights defen...
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And off we go 🚀

In Berlin the “Dialogue for the Future 2022” on building resilient civil societies and defending democracies in the EU and its eastern neighborhood with over 100 civil society activists.

Program and live stream 👇
civilsocietycooperation.net/conference-202…

#DFF2022 #wechange Image
.@avalaina of the Center for Civil Liberties opens with an impressive keynote talking about Maksym Butkevych, a human rights activist and journalist, who signed up to the army to defend #Ukraine and is now in Russian captivity. He symbolizes the 🇺🇦 resilience #FreeMaksymButkevych Image
This war is a war of autocracies versus free and democratic societies, @avalaina says, and adds that Putin is not afraid of NATO but afraid of the idea of freedom spreading in his neighborhood and into Russia.

Thank you for you clarity and your organization’s work, Oleksandra!
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folks, i need your help amplifying it.

this is our friend and our icon and our inspiration.

maksym butkevych is the most prominent human rights defender in ukraine.

he is kidnapped by russia.

#FreeMaksymButkevych
maksym is quintessential ukraine. soft-spoken, quite, kind man, but with a resolute and valor that radiates off him. he spent his life tirelessly defending human rights in ukraine — for anyone, including migrants. there wasn't a single call he hasn't answered. 24/7.
when the genocide started i wasn't surprised maksym was one of the first to enlist to defend us on the frontline. as other of our finest, brightest, most brilliant ukrainians, he instantly knew the stakes — we are defending not just our territory, but our civilization, our values
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