CYM condemnsTorture of twelve young socialists in the Ukraine!

national | miscellaneous | news report Thursday January 16, 2003 16:56 by Ronan from CYM - Connolly Youth Movement connollyyouth at hotmail dot com James Connolly, 43, East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dubin 2 -

Tweleve young socailists have been arrested and brutally totrured in the Ukraine. The Connolly Youth Movement is calling for the release of these young people. Please join in our condemnation!

Tweleve young socialist have been arrested by former KGB agents of the Security Service of the Ukraine for alleged terrorism offences. The Ukrainians arrested are memebers of the Communist Party of the Ukraine, the all-ukrainian workers union and the Leninist-young communist league (sister organisation of the Connolly Youth Movement)
According to our sources, the sate secuirty could not find any evidence of the alleged offences despite a massive search by Ukrianian police. These young people have been brutally tortured by police in order to get 'confessions'. The torture of the arrested has been so brutal that Oleg Alekseev has lost an eye, Andrei Yakovenko had a heart attack and Igor Danilov is believed to be dead.

If you wish to find out more check out the CYM web page www.communistpartyofireland.ie/cym
or e-mail us at connollyyouth@hotmail.com
Please write a letter of protest to the Ukrainian Ambassador based in the UK. His address is
Embassy of Ukraine,
60, Holland Park,
London,
W11, 3TP,
England

Yours in Struggle,

Rónán Harte
organiser