Free Boris Kagarlitsky!
Free Boris Kagarlitsky!
Why this petition matters
Boris Kagarlitsky was arrested in Moscow on July 25, 2023 after being accused by the Russian security service FSB of "justifying terrorism".
Boris Kagarlitsky has been taken to Syktyvkar, the center of the Komi republic in the northeastern European part of Russia. Here the criminal case against him has been opened by the regional department of the FSB. According to information in the press, he is threatened with seven years imprisonment.
Kagarlitsky is a worldwide renown sociologist and peace activist. He was accused and imprisoned already in the times of the Soviet Union as well as in Russia in the time of Yeltsin's presidency. Kagarlitsky has played a central role in peoples movements internationally, including as a speaker at European Nuclear Disarmament meetings already during the Soviet era. In recent years he also participated at international No to NATO meetings and at meetings for global justice. Through his work Kagarlitsky has contributed to nuclear disarmament and agreements of importance for world peace.
The charge of "justifying terrorism," when raised against one of the most outspoken advocates for cooperation between all social movements and all people in East and West, South and North, is undermining common efforts for world peace.
We call on the Russian authorities to drop their charges and release Boris Kagarlitsky!
Undersigned with title (Professional or member of ..) and country of origin
This initiative is launched by:
Sergio Bassoli; CGIL, Italy
Matyas Benyik; Attac Hungary, Prague Spring 2 - European network against right-wing extremism and populism
Tord Björk; Member of the Council of International Peace Bureau, Sweden
Member of the International Council of the World Social Forum
Raffaella Bolini; Arci Vice President, Ital
Patrick Bond; Distinguished Professor University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg Centre for Social Change, South Africa
Reiner Braun; International Peace Bureau, Germany
Ingeborg Breines; WILPF Norway, former President of the International Peace Bureau and former UNESCO director
Ronald Cameron; editor of Journal des Alternatives – Plateforme altermondialiste, Canada
Oxana Chelysheva, journalist, human rights defender.
Ellie Cijvat; member of Friends of the Earth Sweden
Lisa Clark; Italian Network for Peace and Disarmament
Bernard Dreano; Centre d’études et d’initiatives de solidarité internationale CEDETIM, Paris , France
Ingalill Ek; Kvinnor för fred (Women for Peace), Sweden
Leo Gabriel; Ph.D., Director of the Institute of Intercultural Research and Cooperation in Vienna, Austria, Member of the International Council of the World Social Forum
Joseph Gerson; Ph.D., President, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security.
Tommaso Fattori; FCA, Italy
Lucio Gentili; supporter of Attac, Italia
Haris Golemis; Chief Editor of the transform! journal, Greece
Conny Hansson, Co-founder Network for People and Peace, Sweden
Ulla Klötzer; Women for Peace, Finland
Laura Lodenius; Director, Peace Union of Finland
Alessandra Mecozzi, President of Associazione Cultura è Libertà, Italy
Francine Mestrum, Global Social Justice, Belgium
Eva Nikell, Board Member of the National Association of Popular Education in Sweden
Mirek Prokeš, Alliance for Labour and Solidarity, Czechia, Prague Spring 2 - European network against right-wing extremism and populism
Helge Ratzer; The Peace Center in Aarhus, Denmark
Yurii Sheliazhenko, executive secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement
Hasse Schneidermann, Chair of Fredsministerium (Ministry of Peace), Member of Forbyd Atomvåben (Ban Nuclear Weapons) - ICAN in Denmark.
Pertti Simula, Master of Science, psychoanalyst, Helsinki
Oleg Sofyanik, dissident and political prisoner of Soviet era, marathon swimmer, activist of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement.
Jeffrey Sommers, Professor of Political Economy & Public Policy, Senior Fellow Institute of World Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, The US
Hamouda Soubhi, president of FMAS, Marocco
Henning Süssner Rubin, Principal, Kvarnby Folk High School, Malmö, Sweden
Håkan Svenneling, Member of Parliament, Foreign Policy spokesperson for the Left Party, Sweden
Erkki Tuomioja, Ph.D. , former minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland
Marko Ulvila, Author and activist, Tampere, Finland
Karin Utas Carlsson, Ph.D. Peace education, Sweden
Hilary Wainwright, Senior Research Associate Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University, the UK, Co- editor Red Pepper magazine
Thomas Wallgren, Professor of Philosophy, Helsinki, Finland
Felipe Van Keirsbilck, Secrétaire Général, CNE - Centrale Nationale des Employés, Belgium
Jan Wiklund, People's Movement Study Group, Editor Gemensam (Common welfare blog), Sweden
Vera Zalka, Peace activist, Hungarian Social Forum, Prague Spring 2 - European network against right-wing extremism and populism
Tatjana Zdanoka, Ph.D., Movement Internationale "Pour un futur sans Fascisme", Latvia
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Recipient: Kseniia Kagarlitskaia
IBAN: KZ59551B229189461USD
BIC: KSNVKZKA
Beneficiary bank: Freedom bank
INN: 970617050667
Email: rabkor.solidarity@gmail.com
Sources:
Moscow Times:
Russian Anti-War Sociologist Charged With 'Justifying Terrorism'
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/26/russian-anti-war-sociologist-charged-with-justifying-terrorism-a81969
Novaya Gazeta
Sociologist Kagarlitsky sent to pretrial jail on ‘justifying terrorism’ charges
Wikipedia