(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL international,
Scandal: Ten years of penal colony for Koltchenko! (fr, it, pt)
[machine translation]
Ten years to our comrade Alexandr twenty years for the filmmaker Oleg Sentsov under the
guise of "terrorism"! Their crime? The refusal of all mafias and all imperialisms -
including that of the Russian state - which ruin Ukraine. ---- The Russian state has
sentenced Alexandr Koltchenko to 10 years imprisonment and Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in the
same sentence. The charge of "terrorism" that was used to cover this despicable decision
of a court under the command of Russian political power has no basis. ---- For several
months, our organizations have launched a campaign to inform of the situation made
especially A. Koltchenko, known for his anti-fascist commitments Crimea, union,
anarchists, environmentalists. We support also the course director O. Sentsov and all
those and all those who are victims of repression of the Putin regime.
Alexandr Koltchenko and Oleg Sentsov are sentenced to years in labor camps because they
are fighting against the oppression of the Russian state; As in Russia in Crimea, it is
unacceptable and we salute those who resist.
A. Koltchenko is a student and union activist; he also worked as a postman, in parallel
with his studies. It actively defends its practice, the right to organize freely, the
right to establish and live membership organizations, labor, environmental or political.
It is part of the men and women who fight against the extreme right, whether Ukrainian,
Russian or otherwise.
Because the fight against corruption and for the equal rights of everyone, A. Koltchenko,
is the target of oligarchic clans, Russia, Ukraine.
A. Koltchenko campaigning for the right of every people to decide their future.
A. Through Koltchenko, it is the democratic freedoms of all and all we stand for. Our
approach, like that of A. Koltchenko, is opposed to those who want to restrict these
freedoms. We demand the release of A. Koltchenko and Ukrainian film director O. Sentsov.
Immediate release of Alexandr Koltchenko, of Oleg Sentsov and democratic freedoms in all
countries, we call for boost international solidarity to denounce their removal and
detention by Russian authorities, demanding their immediate release, and the Ukrainian
government explicitly claiming their release.
Our organizations will meet soon to decide on further actions to be taken in France, for
the release of political prisoner-es of the Russian state; we are linked to many other
countries movements: it is an international campaign that we conduct, for the freedom of
our comrades and State terrorism against the Russian political power.
Paris, August 25, 2015
Signatory organizations: League of Human Rights, International Federation for Human
Rights, repression resistance group in Russia, Ukraine Action, Russia-Libertés, CEDETIM -
Initiatives for Another World - European Assembly of Citizens, Antifascist Action-Paris
Suburbs, Paris Suburbs Antifascist Collective, Memorial 98, Union syndicale Solidaires,
f-CNT, CNT-SO, Emancipation, FSU, FSU 03, correctors CGT, SUD Education, SUD-PTT,
Alternative Libertaire, Together! (Member of the Left Front), L'Insurgente, Postal code,
Anarchist Federation, Social criticism.
Here is a story centered on Euronews Oleg Sentsov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nG5VA3Amsg
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Scandale-Dix-ans-de-colonie
