Ukrainian Pacifist Yuri Sheliazhenko: his story.

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RantWoman until now has neglected voices of peace activists in Ukraine. Here is one modest effort to remedy that. RantWoman's main content curation here: links served up by Google. Presented in chronological order

Yuri worships online with Kyiv Friends when he can.

Not surprising that Mr. Sheliazhenko's views are controversial. Here are current requests and then some background

World Beyond War:
"Tell the Ukrainian Government to Drop Prosecution
of Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko"
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-the-ukrainian-government-to-drop-prosecution-of-peace-activist-yurii-sheliazhenko
OR
https://tinyurl.com/YuriiSept

War Resistors' International: 
"Ukraine: Stop the proceedings against Yurii Sheliazhenko"
https://wri-irg.org/en/programmes/rrtk/co-action-alert/2023/ukraine-stop-proceedings-against-yurii-sheliazhenko
OR 
https://tinyurl.com/Yurii-Sept

Yurii Sheliazhenko - Keynote Speech at the Peace Conference 2022 - Local...

Statement of Solidarity With Ukrainian Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko | Stop the War

REfreshing to see several other items on the Stop the War website including reference to Russian activist Boris Kagarlitsky.

Ukrainian Authorities Charge Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko, Raid His Home | Democracy Now!

Justice for Yurii Sheliazhenko – IPB – International Peace Bureau

Yurii Sheliazhenko - Three years after the start of the war in Ukraine - YouTube