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The Ukrainian Weekly 1986, No.45 www.ukrweekly.com Published by tht Ukrainian National Association Inc.. a fraternal non-profit association rainian Weekly Vol. LIV No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1986 25 cents Ukrainian Helsinki Group representatives November 9, 1986 — 10th anniversary appeal to Vienna conference delegates of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group NEW YORK — In an appeal issued Four of the group's members, the by the External Representation of the External Representation noted, have Ukrainian Helsinki Group to the signa- died in harsh conditions of imprison- We rise in tribute... tory states of the 1975 Helsinki Accords ment or were driven to suicide; 16 are now meeting in Vienna at the follow-up currently incarcerated and "serving November 9,1986, is the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Conference on Security and Coopera- hopelessly long terms." Ukrainian Public Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki tion in Europe, three former Ukrainian "As a result, they regard themselves Accords. From its very inception, group members have been political prisoners call for a thorough as doomed and are similarly perceived persecuted, imprisoned, sent to psychiatric institutions, internally review of human-rights abuses, "be- by their families and friends. 'They have exiled and expelled from the USSR. And yet, the group exists, for as ginning with those reported in the been buried alive,4 wrote Lidia Ruban the founding members pledged in the Ukrainian Helsinki Group's documents of the public Helsinki moni- earlier this year about her husband and Memorandum No. 1: "...the struggle for human rights will not cease toring groups." his fellow prisoners, Mykola Horbal, until these rights become the everyday standard in social life." They The trio — Gen. Petro Grigorenko, Levko Lukianenko and others," the asserted, also, that "...prisons, camps and psychiatric hospitals are Leonid Plyushch and Nadia Svitlychna External Representation stated. incapable of serving as dams against a movement in defense of rights." — also urge that freedom of religion be The appeal also lists 21 Ukrainian To these courageous individuals — 39 of whom are known to us in guaranteed, and that censorship and Helsinki Group members and sym- the West — we dedicate this special issue of The Ukrainian Weekly. (A other ideological restrictions be abo- pathizers whose fates are "especially special 12-page pull-out section begins on page 3.) lished. precarious." We salute them all. They also demand that Ukraine be (Tor full text of appeal, see page 6.J Oleksander Berdnyk Oksana Popovych included as a full and equal participant The External Representation, which Vyacheslav Chornovil Bohdan Rebryk in the Helsinki process, that Ukraine be was formed in 1978 to represent the Olha Неука The Rev. Vasyl Romaniuk represented as an independent party in interests of the Ukrainian Helsinki Mykola Herbal Petro Rozumny all international bodies concerned with Group abroad, quoted a 1981 state- Petro Grigorenko Mykola Rudenko disarmament and nuclear energy, and ment by imprisoned human-rights Vitaliy Kalynychenko Iryna Senyk that embassies and consulates of the activists Yuriy Badzio and Robert 4 Ivan Kandyba Stefania Shabatura Helsinki Accords signatories be opened Nazaryan, "Today everyone must rea- Sviatoslav Karavansky Yuriy Shukhevych in Ukraine and foreign journalists lize that a relaxation of tensions is Zinoviy Krasivsky Danylo Shumuk be accredited to Ukraine. inseparable from the question of human Yaroslav Lesiv Petro Sichko The lengthy appeal also pointed out rights." Lev Lukianenko Vasyl Sichko that the opening of the Vienna Confe- The three former political prisoners Yuriy Lytvyn Ivan Sokulsky rence "coincides with the 10th anniver- also pointed to the disparity between Volodymyr Malynkovych Vasyl Striltsiv sary of the formation of the Ukrainian words and deeds in the Soviet Union: Myroslav Marynovych Nina Strokata Helsinki Group — one of the most "...human rights, democracy, open- Mykola Matusevych Vasyl Stus tragic victims of the Helsinki move- ness, publicity, ... these words, until Mykhailo Melnyk Nadia Svitlychna ment." The group was founded in Kiev recently semi-banned in the Soviet Oksana Meshko Oleksiy Tykhy on November 9, 1976. Union, have become very fashionable Mart Niklus Petro Vins It goes on to point out; "The Ukrai- today. But only the words have come Vasyl Ovsiyenko Yosyf Zifsels nian Helsinki Group did not have time into vogue; the concepts that they Victoras Petkus to report even a small percentage of convey remained proscribed. human-rights abuses in Ukraine. From "No matter how you juggle the term the very first day of its existence, the 'openness,' the concept remains a sham We bow our heads... group itself became the object of harsh as long as people are held in prison repressions and human-rights viola- specifically for attempting to avail At the same time, we bow our heads in memory of the four Ukrainian tions." themselves of openness." Helsinki Group members who gave their lives for the cause of human and national rights. Full-page advertisement recalls Yuriy Lytvyn, Mykhailo Melnyk, Vasyl Stus and Oleksiy Tykhy Myroslav Medvid's jump for freedom NEW YORK — A total of 144 perper-- ThThe five senators who eexpressex d their sons and organizations, including five concern over the treatment of Mr. senators, leaders of ethnic institu- Medvid by the U.S. government were tions and prominent journalists, en- Jeremiah A. Deriton (R-Ala); Jesse A. dorsed a full-page ad recalling the failed Helms (R-N.C); Gordon J. Humphrey attempted defection of a Ukrainian (R-N.H.); James A. McClure(R-Idaho); seaman who a year ago sought political Steven D. Symms, (R-Idaho). asylum in the U.S. Among the other signatories to the The advertisement appeared in the advertisement, provided as a public Friday, October 24, edition of The New service by The Tribune, were several York City Tribune and marked the first Ukrainian organizations, including the anniversary of 25-year-old Myroslav Ukrainian National Association, U- Medvid's bid for freedom. krainian American Coordinating Coun- We pledge our support... cil, Ukrainian Congress Committee of Mr. Medvid jumped from his Soviet We Ukrainians living outside the borders of Ukraine in the free freighter, the Marshal Koniev, on America, Ukrainian American Bar Association, Ukrainian Medical Asso- countries of the world, see it as our sacred duty to uphold the October 24, 1985, and asked U.S. movement for human and national rights in Ukraine. It is in our power authorities for political asylum. For ciation, as well as scholarly, youth, women's, political and professional to help our brothers — the Ukrainian Helsinki monitors and the reasons currently under investigation countless others who have spoken and will speak — by pressing their by the U.S. Helsinki Commission he organizations. Other signatories were Nadia Svitlychna ot the External cause with our governments, our elected officials. As long as the was taken back to the ship and Representation of the Ukrainian Hel- Helsinki process continues, we can be sure that our rights defenders subsequently returned to the Soviet will not^b,0 alone in their noble struggle. Union. (Continued on page 16) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1986 No. 45 Romanow defeats Zazelenchuk Deschenes rebukes Wiesenthal rep CALGARY, Alta. — A federal in- one-man inquiry. in Saskatchewan legislature race quiry investigating Nazi war criminals in Deschenes Commission officials in Canada rebuked a Wiesenthal Center by Michael B. Bociurkiw political pundits that the NDP could Ottawa said the list identified only seven have increased its popularity signifi- representative on October 31 forclaim- new suspects, and that 12 of them had cantly with Mr. Romanow at the helm ing to have a new list of 26 suspected war been submitted to the federal probe in SASKATOON, Sask. — Saskatche- criminals believed to be living in Ca- of the party. September by Sol Littman, the Cana- wan's general election took place here nada. October 20 with the political resur- Indeed, a poll commissioned by the dian representative of the Vienna-based rection of one Ukrainian politician and Canadian Broadcasting Corp. on the With less than one month to go Wiesenthal Center. the defeat of another. eve of the election indicated the NDP before the Deschenes Commission is to The Deschenes Commission was Roy Romanow, 44, of the pro-labor would have increased its popularity by submit its final report to the federal established in February 1985 to deter- New Democratic Party (NDP), re- six percentage points if Mr. Romanow government, representatives of Nazi mine how many war criminals entered gained the seat he had lost by only 19 hunter Simon Wiesenthal gave the list had been leader. Canada, how they got into the country votes in 1982 to Jo-Ann Zazelenchuk, Mr. Romanow is 16 years younger to Justice Minister Ray Hnatyshyn, Solicitor General James Kelleher and and what can be done to bring them to 28, the candidate from the ruling than Mr. Blakeney, a former Rhodes Justice Jules Deschenes, the head of the justice. Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. scholar. The 61-year-old former pre- The two candidates ran against each mier had difficulty matching the televi- other in the predominantly Ukrainian sion skills of Mr. Devine, 42. electoral district of Saskatoon-Rivers- Mr. Blakeney has given no indication CCJS loses bid for injunction dale, in the wheat-growing province's when he intends to step down from the ARLINGTON, Va. — The Coalition and CCJS money on September 30." largest city. helm of the NDP. When Mr. Romanow for Constitutional Justice and Security "By refusing to issue the injunction, For some Ukrainians here, the race in was asked by reporters on election night (CCJS) appeared on October 30 in Judge Salzman has allowed the Wash- Saskatoon-Riversdale between Mr. whether a leadership review is on the Superior Court of the District of Co- ington Times to put itself above the law, Romanow and Ms.
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