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==Maidan regime==

==Maidan regime==

Since the U.S.-backed coup in 2014 and the bringing to power "moderate rebel" neo-Nazis, extrajudicial killings, harassment, arbitrary detentions by men in camouflaged uniforms, beatings and disappearances have taken place on a regular basis.  Most of the detentions and disappearances are often carried out by the Ukrainian Security service, (SBU), under a sweeping repression.  The Ukrainian authorities and associated ultra-nationalist groups seek out people who were not only critical of the former but also the current Ukrainian government.  Threats, harassment and calls for violence has been and continue to be made against those who:

Since the U.S.-backed coup in 2014 and the bringing to power "moderate rebel" neo-Nazis, extrajudicial killings, harassment, arbitrary detentions by the [[Security Service of Ukraine]], beatings and disappearances take place regularly.  Incidents accelerated and became even more brutal after anti-democratic dictator Volodymyr Zelensky declared Martial law in February 2022.  The Ukrainian authorities and deputized ultra-nationalist groups seek out people who were not only critical of the former post-Soviet government but also the current U.S.-backed Maidan regime.  Threats, harassment and calls for violence have been and continue to be made against those who:

*publicly supported the [[Minsk Agreements]],

*publicly supported the [[Minsk Agreements]],

*are against “de-communization”,

*are against “de-communization”,

*highlight human rights abuses,

*highlight human rights abuses,

*advocated for a settlement of the conflict in Donbass,

*advocated for a settlement of the Donbas conflict,

*are deemed to be “pro-Russian”.

*are deemed to be “pro-Russian”.

*Church representatives and clergy;

*Church representatives and clergy;

*For reading the news in Russia.

*read news in Russia.

Add into this maelstrom another layer of extra-judicial repression, in the form of impromptu justice being meted out to civilians, bound up, tied to posts,<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/wlCFEDxkZz3T/</ref> beaten, humiliated and some killed as a result.<ref>https://youtu.be/OAyWmOcj0q8</ref>  There are simply hundreds and hundreds of video clips and photos showing these events.  People are not only being tied up to street possts as suspected looters, but people are being bound up or arrested for being pro-Russian, for not being able to say the word ''Palyanytsya'' in Ukrainian.  Not every ethnic Russian speaker in Ukraine can speak good Ukrainian, and some have trouble pronouncing certain words in Ukrainian.  People have been reportedly killed for not pronouncing the shibboleth word correctly and thus assumed to be part of subversive Russian reconnaissance groups.

Add into this maelstrom another layer of extra-judicial repression, in the form of impromptu justice being meted out to civilians, bound up, tied to posts,<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/wlCFEDxkZz3T/</ref> beaten, humiliated and some killed as a result.<ref>https://youtu.be/OAyWmOcj0q8</ref>  There are simply hundreds and hundreds of video clips and photos showing these events.  People are not only being tied up to street possts as suspected looters, but people are being bound up or arrested for being pro-Russian, for not being able to say the word ''Palyanytsya'' in Ukrainian.  Not every ethnic Russian speaker in Ukraine can speak good Ukrainian, and some have trouble pronouncing certain words in Ukrainian.  People have been reportedly killed for not pronouncing the shibboleth word correctly and thus assumed to be part of subversive Russian reconnaissance groups.