<h2 class="title">In Kyiv continues to protest against the law on language policy</h2>
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July 7th, 2012 |
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<p>The Ukrainian House in Kyiv continues to rally opponents of
the law on language policy, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
last Tuesday. Reported by radio free Europe/Radio Liberty. On the square
are several dozen people, mostly young people, some of them on hunger
strike with a demand to abolish the law, according to which the Russian
language acquires the status of a regional in 13 of the 27 oblasts of
Ukraine. The situation in the center of Kiev is calm, police did not
interfere with what is happening. Today one of the leaders of the United
Ukrainian oppositions Arseniy Yatseniuk, speaking at a rally against
the law on language policy in Ukraine, announced the launch of an
ambitious new protest rally under the banner of Ukraine without
Yanukovich, which should become the pre-term parliamentary and
presidential elections. <br></p><a href="http://www.news-en.com/2012/07/07/in-kyiv-continues-to-protest-against-the-law-on-language-policy/">http://www.news-en.com/2012/07/07/in-kyiv-continues-to-protest-against-the-law-on-language-policy/</a><br>
<br>Read More: <br clear="all"><h2 class="title">Under the building, about 100 people protest BP against the Bill on the fundamentals of language policy</h2>
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July 2nd, 2012 |
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<p>Under the building of Verkhovna Rada (VR), about 100 people
were protesting against the inclusion in the agenda of the forthcoming
B.P plenary week of the Bill on the basis of the State language policy,
the correspondent of NEWS-EN. «««Protest action participants hold hands,
showing the unity of their beliefs, and shout No schism in Ukraine! As
noted in the information that the participants of the action handed out
to passers-by, in the case of the adoption of this Bill, the Ukrainian
language vybrosât from everywhere-from television and advertising
litigation and Government. In addition, the protesters are convinced
that this document amends 33 of the law of Ukraine, adopted over the
past 23 years. 5 June, was adopted in the first reading the draft law on
the bases of the State language policy. Bill is a constitutional State
status of the Ukrainian language. Paragraph 1 of article 6 project found
that the State language of Ukraine is Ukrainian. At the same time, on
the territory of Ukraine is guaranteed freedom of the use of regional
languages, including Russian. <br></p><p><a href="http://www.news-en.com/2012/07/02/under-the-building-about-100-people-protest-bp-against-the-bill/">http://www.news-en.com/2012/07/02/under-the-building-about-100-people-protest-bp-against-the-bill/</a><br>
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