The Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum calls on all EaP governments, but particularly on to the Azerbaijani and Belarusian authorities, to cease any form of persecution against human rights defenders.
Ana Otilia Nuțu, the Co-Chair of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, condemns in the strongest possible terms the latest wave of terror unleashed on the Ukrainian people and critical Ukrainian infrastructure by Russia and is deeply concerned by this latest increase in wider regional tensions.
The Steering Committee Members of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum condemn Russia’s sham “referenda” in the Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia, underlying that they cannot be considered legal in any possible way.
The democratic political and civil forces of the Republic of Armenia confirm their loyalty to the sovereignty and democracy of Armenia as non-negotiable values, and underline their determination to protect these values with all the means at their disposal.
The EaP CSF Steering Committee stands united in celebrating the Independence Day of Ukraine and in honouring the courage and strength of Ukrainians who are fighting to protect the independence of their country and to defend it from Russian aggression.
After the brutal attack by Russia on the city of Vinnytsia (Ukraine), Members of the Steering Commitee of the EaP CSF express solidarity with the people of Vinnytsia and call for prosecution of the crimes committed by the Russian forces.
The Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum calls on the Belarusian authorities to release Uladzimir Matskevich immediately, together with all unlawfully detained civil society activists, human rights defenders, journalists and students.
The EaP CSF Steering Committee welcomes the European Council’s decision to grant EU candidate status to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova and to recognise the European perspective of Georgia.
EaP CSF calls on the international community, the governments of democratic countries, and the EU to take adequate measures against the Lukashenka regime in connection with another act of liquidation of Belarusian civil society.
The EaP CSF Steering Committee decisively condemns the disproportionately violent response of the police against Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, a member of the Azerbaijani National Platform of the EaP CSF.