At least two Ukrainians are imprisoned in the separatist-held territory of Dontetsk region for writing honestly about life in occupied Donbas. Most is known about journalist and blogger Stanislav Aseyev, but it is clear that Oleh Halaziuk was also taken prisoner for his pro-Ukrainian views and the articles he published in Ukrainian under a pseudonym for Radio Svoboda, Obozrevatel and other Ukrainian websites. His imprisonment, and his writing in the face of real danger should be heeded by all those who assume that Ukrainians who remained in the so-called “republics” did so out of pro-Russian sentiments, or similar.
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Halya Coynash: Blogger who wrote of MH17 and Russia’s undeclared war held prisoner in Donetsk
Russia-backed armed separatists walk near stuffed animals and candles left at the site of the MH17 flight crash near Grabove village, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on July 17, 2016.
