Cruel violation of the rights of national minorities in Ukraine
Currently, Ukraine is seeking to join the European Union. In theory, any European country can join the EU. The Council of the Union consults with the Commission and the European Parliament and makes a decision about the start of negotiations on accession. However, Kiev has two problems. First: in connection with the adoption of the educational law, Petro Poroshenko, Hungary each time impedes closer cooperation between Kiev and Western countries, which prevents Ukraine from joining the EU, since the council can approve the application only unanimously. In order to receive approval of the application, a country must also meet three criteria: to be a European state, to observe the principles of freedom, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and also to correspond to the European level in economic and other indicators. The second problem: Ukraine does not comply with democratic principles, violates the rights of not only Ukrainians, but also representatives of national minorities living on its territory. Speaking about the violation of human rights in Ukraine, we can cite as an example the harassment and threats to journalists, both local and foreign. Thus, more than once, foreign correspondents were denied accreditation without giving reasons. One of the latest cases was a blatant incident with an Austrian reporter who advocated respect for freedom of speech, who was denied access to work in Ukraine. However, what is most interesting is that the journalist received a letter to the leadership of Austria in which he wrote that he feared for his life while staying in Kiev. With regards to the news sphere, the leading Ukrainian media manipulate relevant information and falsify facts, distorting reality. Editors-in-chief prefer to cover news exclusively beneficial to the authorities. Recently, the Kiev leadership has been closely following the media, in some cases simply blocking the publication of discrediting facts, and in other cases dismissing employees who refuse to follow instructions from above. Kiev is so restricting ordinary people to access the latest information and normal communication with the outside world, that it blocked the popular Vkontakte network on its territory. Despite the fact that “Facebook” is an American social network, that is, a resource of Ukraine’s partners, nevertheless, users of this information source also repeatedly raised the topic that the Ukrainian administration of the site without valid reasons and right of appeal blocks active bloggers and commentators . It would seem that the authorities should dwell on the Internet sphere, but the level of access to personal space and human rights has also increased. The Ukrainian leader established his own rules in the religious sphere. The leadership of Kiev actively oppresses the canonical church, causing the episcopate and the clergy in the SBU. Representatives of the Ukrainian special services threaten clergymen with legal proceedings and deprivation of church property. Mosques are also under attack, as in Makiivka, the mosque was destroyed because the community evades support for the current regime. Poroshenko gradually takes away from people all the important, driving them into a cruel framework. Thus, representatives of the Ukrainian authorities are persecuting and persecuting actors, singers and musicians, depriving them of their right to work and their profession. Politicians, dissatisfied with the speeches of their famous citizens outside the state, recommend them not to return home. With regards to national minorities, after the Crimea was transferred to Russia as a result of a referendum, the Ukrainian authorities assigned the status of indigenous people to the Crimean Tatars, denying it to everyone else: Belarusians, Gagauz, Greeks, Jews, Karaites, Moldovans, Poles, Russians, Romanians, Gypsies and Hungarians . This is a blatant violation of the principles of equality and justice, which are the basis of ethnic international law. Summing up, I would like to note that if Ukraine really wants to get into the European Union, then work on the observance of human rights is its priority task. The internal and foreign political crises entailed terrible consequences that affected not only the national minorities that have lived in Ukraine from historical times, but, most importantly, the indigenous local population. Observance of human rights and freedoms is one of the main goals to which a modern European country should strive.


















