A Statement of Support and Concern on the Current Crisis

From Students World-Wide to Students in Ukraine

Please note: This statement--organized and written by students and directed toward their fellow students in Ukraine--is not officially sponsored by AAUS or CAS. We have made space available to these concerned students in the interest of a broader forum on the current crisis in Ukraine.


TO: STUDENTS PARTAKING IN PROTESTS IN UKRAINE

FROM: STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

We, the undersigned, have been following the reports on the current political crisis in Ukraine and would like to add our voice in support of the Statement of Scholars and Professionals, which was released to the media on March 6, 2001. We also wish to address the students who have been demonstrating in front of theTaras Shevchenko monument in Kyiv as well as those protesting in other regions: Your efforts have not gone unnoticed. Please accept our sincere gratitude for all that you are doing to promote democratic principles.

In light of the current political situation in Ukraine and its effects on Ukraine's reputation on an international level, we&emdash;students from various universities around the world, along with professional in various fields &emdash;

(1) pledge our support to all of the students who have been partaking in protests in Ukraine, defending freedom of speech and of the press, and requesting a thorough and impartial investigation into the murder of the journalist Heorhii Gongadze;

(2) strongly criticize the forceful dismantling of the protest camp in the Shevchenko Park in Kyiv on March 7, 2001 as well as the physical attacks and arrests of the students who took part in the "Za Pravdu" congress on March 9, 2001. These individuals were exercising their constitutional right to gather in public and to express their opinion. We highly respect and admire those students who have the courage to engage in such forms of protest;

(3) call upon the Ukrainian government to respect the rights guaranteed by the Ukrainian Constitution;

and (4) call upon our own and other governments to support Ukraine's fledgling democracy.

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Giuseppe Aletta, Pharmacy, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Andrés Basilio Agres, Civil Engineer, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Tamara Balan, high school student (Canada)

Xenia Baluk, lawyer, Pontificia Universidad Católica Santa María de los Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Ulyana Bardyn, University of San Diego (USA)

Nathaniel T.H. Bayduza, unergraduate student, Business, University of Alberta (Canada)

Adrianna Bida, BA Political Science/Hispanic Studies, McGill University (Canada)

Michael Bindas, Civil Engineering, University of Alberta (Canada)

Daria Bindas, Civil Engineering, University of Alberta (Canada)

Roksolana Bobyk, Undergraduate student, Concordia University (Canada)

Stephan Bodnar, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Greg Borowetz, undergraduate student,University of Alberta (Canada)

Vlodko B. Boychuk, MA, M of Ed student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Paul Brodoway, BA, University of Alberta (Canada)

Brandy Burdeniuk, undergraduate student, Human Ecology, University of Alberta (Canada).

Andriy Chernevych, MA candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Chrystia Chomiak, writer, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)

Elaine Côté, BA Hon, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Walter Daschko, Architect, Toronto (Canada)

Andrea Deptuch, College of Education, University of Alberta (Canada)

Ariannna Dombchewsky, Pennsylvania State University (USA)

Olenka Dombchewsky, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster (USA)

Orest Dombchewsky, Pennsylvania State University (USA)

Erin M. Doyle, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Orest Dykyj, B. of Journalism, Carleton University, Ottawa (Canada)

Laura Fedoriw, undergraduate student, Business, University of Alberta (Canada)

Roman Fedoriw, BSC, UNiversity of Alberta (Canada)

Adrian Fedyna, undergraduate student, University of Guelph (Canada)

Zenon M. Feszczak, Philosophy, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania (USA)

Christina Gaborak, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Amanda Gaudet, undergraduate student, Science, Unversity of Alberta (Canada)

Valeriya Gritsenko, Ph.D. candidate, University Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta (Canada)

Sarah Hamilton, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Dayna Helgason, undergraduate student, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Miroslawa Hirna, Civil Engineering, University of Alberta (Canada)

Dana Hnatiuk, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Vita Holoborokdko, graduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Arianna Holowka, undergraduate student, McGill University, Montreal (Canada)

Ivanka Horbal, Foods and Nutrition, University of Western Ontario, (Canada)

Cyril Horiszny, PhD candidate, Sorbonne University (France)

Yaroslav Hrehirchak, LL.M. student, McGill University, Montreal (Canada)

Anatoly Ignatusha, MBA, College of William and Mary (USA)

Ulana Izio, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Larissa Kachmar, Bachelor of Design, University of Alberta (Canada)

Marijka Kachmar, undergraduate student, Education, University of Alberta (Canada)

Linda Kallman, Student, Uppsala University (Sweden)

Cheryl King, undergraduate student, University of Calgary (Canada)

Vassili Kolomatski, engineer (USA)

Katherine Kostyniuk, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Katherine E. Kowalishin, undergraduate student, Education, University of Alberta (Canada)

Sergiy Kudelia, PhD candidate, John Hopkin's University (USA)

Orysia Kulick, BA in Political Science and German, The Ohio State University (USA)

Michal Krynicki, MA, University of Alberta (Canada)

Taras Kurylo, PhD candidate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Michael Labay, undergraduate student, Commerce, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Rachel Lagace, BA University of Winnipeg, Student of Creative Communications Program, Red River College, Manitoba (Canada)

Natalia Lebedin, MA student, English, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Larissa Leskow, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Marco Levytsky, Editor, Ukrainian News, Edmonton, Vice President Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Alberta Provincial Council (UCC -APC), Chair, UCC‹APC Government Issues Committee, BA (University of Toronto) (Canada)

Nathan Lockhart, B.Soc.Sci, University of Ottawa,(Canada)

Kirsten Lodge Borovik, MA, Columbia University, New York (USA)

Alexandra Lutoshkina, undergraduate student, Columbia University (USA)

Adrian Lypynski, Accountant and Bachelor in Business Administration, Universidad Católica Argentina (Argentina)

Dr. Taras Makhnevych, postdoctorate, University of Alberta (Canada)

Andrew Luke Jedidiah Maksymetz (Canada)

Anna Marzotto, BA, BEd, McMaster University, and University of Toronto (Canada)

Daniela Masellis, undergraduate stduent, University of Alberta (Canada)

Bohdan Matsura, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Krisya Matwichyna, undergraduate student, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Alexandra Mayeski, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta (Canada)

Marcie Mazerenko, Bachelor of Commerce, University of Alberta (Canada)

Nina Medynski, undergraduate student, Medicine, University of New Whales (Australia)

Olha Minko, graduate student in the University of Luhansk (Ukraine)

Stefan Mironiuk, Law Student, Ludwig-Maximalians Universitaet, Muenchen (Germany)

Olga Myc, undergraduate student, Education, University of Alberta (Canada)

Tanya Narozhna, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta (Canada)

Denis Nadolnyak, graduate student, The Ohio State University (USA)

Denise Ogonoski, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Meelena Oleksiuk-Baker, undergraduate student, University of Toronto (Canada)

Melissa Omeniuk, Faculty of Management, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Oleh Petriv, Master's student, Cell Biology, University of Alberta, (Canada)

Marko Preston, BA, University College of the Fraser Valley, BSci, British Colmbia Institue of Technology (Canada)

Stephanie Procyk, undergraduate student, McGill University, Montreal (Canada)

Adrian Pruchnicky, BA, Carleton University (Canada)

Orest Pilipowicz BSc. MSc. Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Danylo Popadynec, BApSc. Postgraduate Student in Management, Trinity College - University of Dublin (Ireland)

Amy Rosborough, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Pablo Rudkiw, Industrial Engineer, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Alison Rudyk, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Greg Samijlenko, undergraduate, The Ohio State Unversity (USA)

Jennifer Sargent, BA, University of Alberta (Canada)

Suzan Sava, University of Alberta, (Canada)

Jeremy Semkiw, Bachelor of Arts and Law, University of Melbourne (Australia)

Roxanna Senyshyn, Doctoral Candidate in Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (USA)

Olexandr Shevchenko, PhD candidate, History, University of Alberta (Canada)

Greg Solomon, undergraduate, University of Manitoba (Canada)

Nick Stetsenko, Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko University (Ukraine)

Ivanka Siolkowsky, high school student, Toronto (Canada)

Sasha Simcisin, Bsc w/ specialty in Psychcology, University of Alberta (Canada)

Stefan Sokolowski, udergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Luka D. Struk, BA, University of Alberta (Canada)

Yaroslav Sydorskyy, PhD candidate, Departement of Cell Biology, University of Alberta (Canada)

Liliya Sukhy, MA candidate, Secondary Education, University of Alberta (Canada)

Roman M. Sulzhyk, NYU Stern School of Business (USA)

Andrey Syrko, Sheridan College (Canada)

Janeen Tang, B Appl. Sc. in Engineering, University of Waterloo (Canada)

Jonathan Teghtmeyer, B.Ed., University of Alberta (Canada).

Valentyna Tereshchenko, College of St. Benedict, Minnesota (USA)

Aleksander Tihostup, graduate NAIT College (Canada)

Aleksandra Tkatchenko, undergraduate student, Ludwig-Maximalians Universitaet, Muenchen (Germany)

Carla Toporowski, I.H. Asper School of Business, University of ManitobaPlease add

Oksana Trykozenko, International Business, FITT (Canada)

Rostyslav Tsapyak, Unversity of Nebraska (USA)

Dobryan Tracz, undergraduate student, University of Winnipeg (Canada)

Sergey Tumakha, graduate student, Physics, Ohio State University (USA)

Taras Valovka, PhD candidate, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, RoyalFree and University College Medical School Branch (England)

Stephanie Woloshyn, undergraduate student, Architecture, University of Toronto (Canada)

Natalie Worobec, B Appl. Sc. in Engineering, University of Waterloo (Canada)

Marie Worobec, undergraduate student, University of Waterloo (Canada)

Curtis White,undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Andrew Wozniak, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Sergiy Yakovenko, Ph.D. candidate, University Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta (Canada)

Roman W. Zakaluzny, BA, University of Calgary (Canada)

Andrea Zariwny, undergraduate student, University of Alberta (Canada)

Kasamyra Zylan, (Australia)

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