More than 100 cases of deliberate destruction of the Ukrainian language in various spheres of public life were recorded in the territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by Russia after February 24.
Source: The State Language Protection Commissioner Taras Kremin
“According to open sources, we have recorded more than 100 facts that show the actual deprivation of the right of citizens to use, and study in Ukrainian, discrimination and repression against persons who publicly express their Ukrainian national identity, in particular through communication in Ukrainian. These are the evidence of the planned assimilation policy of the occupation regime.”
According to him, such linguicide in the territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by Russia is accompanied by threats, intimidation, use of physical force, psychological pressure, restraint of liberty, abduction, torture and murder.
“Systematic implementation of the policy of linguicide by the occupiers in the occupied territories and the areas of hostilities is a criminal violation of international law, the laws of Ukraine, which must be properly recorded, investigated and presented to the court. The perpetrators must be identified and punished,” he concluded.
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