For Ukraine, for their Freedom and Ours ! - CSO
Pour l'Ukraine, pour leur liberté et la nôtre ! est une association loi 1901 transpartisane issue de la société civile, qui entend sensibiliser l'opinion publique française et les gouvernements européens à la cause ukrainienne face à la guerre d'agression russe .
Notre combat premier est celui des enfants ukrainiens déportés en Russie et Biélorussie, acte génocidaire qui constitue la vraie opération spéciale de "l'opération militaire spéciale".
Nous pensons indispensable la pleine intégration, mutuellement bénéfique, de l'Ukraine au sein de l'Europe démocratique.
La Russie mène simultanément une guerre "totale" contre les démocraties, leurs valeurs sociétales, leurs institutions et leurs peuples. C'est donc aussi notre guerre.
Nous aspirons à un avenir humaniste, pacifié et libre.
The Avignon Festival is an exceptional moment for the cultural world and a wonderful opportunity to popularise our fight in support of Ukraine. It brings together a very diverse audience, actors from the French and international theater world, as well as the press from around the world.
This is a unique opportunity to raise awareness about the atrocities committed against Ukrainians and planned by Putin's regime. We hope to mobilise public opinion around the demands of our organisation, For Ukraine, For Their Freedom and Ours! , and particularly around the causes we champion:
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the return of all deported Ukrainian children and the immediate and unconditional release of all Ukrainian civilians illegally detained in Russia and the occupied territories (see the “ People First ” campaign);
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the expulsion from the International Council of Museums (ICOM) of Russia, which organized the pillaging and systematic Russification of works and objects of art belonging to Ukrainian cultural heritage (see our column, Le Monde, 05/05/2025 ).
The systematic plundering of Ukrainian cultural property by Russian aggressors is part of a clear political agenda: to realize the imperialist fantasy of a “Greater Russia.” The so-called “historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians,” invoked by Vladimir Putin in a speech on July 12, 2021, is in reality a denial of Ukraine’s right to exist as an independent nation.
Our column was mentioned in an ARTnews article, among others.
"This is a crime against humanity. We have all the evidence, but [...] which jurisdiction is dealing with this situation?"
Working with our Ukrainian partners, we have developed complementary approaches: they document specific cultural crimes, while our team demonstrates their systematic premeditation. Our research demonstrates that the deliberate erasure of Ukrainian heritage could constitute a component of a crime of genocide before the ICC.
Our association filed a communication with the ICC on July 11, 2025
Following the mobilization of the Diderot Committee and Ukrainian associations, Arcom finally ordered French operators to comply with European sanctions against Russian propaganda. Although these sanctions have been immediately applicable since February 2022, French operators have been unevenly complying with the measures, particularly regarding media groups and individual propagandists, citing the lack of detailed national guidelines.
The SREN law of May 2024 strengthened Arcom's powers, but the Authority has been slow to exercise them. Following an op-ed in Le Monde and a demonstration organized by civil society, Arcom responded in July by calling for the blocking of 19 sanctioned Russian media sites and by challenging various platforms.
This French intervention is of European importance, as many Member States have not yet required their operators to comply with the sanctions, particularly Germany, where the audience for Russian channels remains significant.
The return of deported Ukrainian children is
a non-negotiable condition
to any agreement with Russia
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1 / Our Tribune : the return of deported children, a non-negotiable condition
The return of deported Ukrainian children is a non-negotiable condition of any agreement with Russia.
Signatories include: Twenty-six parliamentarians and Olexandra Matviichuk, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
For Ukraine joins the International Campaign for the Release of All Persons Detained Following Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, supported by -
Oleksandra Matviichuk , Ukrainian human rights lawyer;
- Oleg Orlov , co-chair of the Memorial Human Rights Defense Center
- Mariana Katzarova , UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation
- Mary Kaldor , Professor of Global Governance at the London School of Economics and Political Science,
- Marci Shore , Professor of History, Yale University, - Thibaut Bruttin , Director General of RSF
The investigation on which this communication is based demonstrates the decisive role of United Russia, the dominant political party throughout the Russian Federation, and the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF), a coalition political movement, both under Putin's control, in the planning and implementation of these acts of a planned and systematic process of deportation and forced adoption of Ukrainian minors in Russia. It intends to demonstrate:
- The nature of the organization set up by the United Russia party.
- The genocidal desire to eradicate the Ukrainian identity of minors in the occupied territories.
Between 20,000 and 200,000 Ukrainian children were forcibly transferred to Russia. Let's repatriate them.
It's Europe's time! Let's not betray Ukraine. NATO is dependent on the goodwill of the White House. The European Union is facing the indecision and pusillanimity of certain heads of state and government and the double-dealing of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. This is why we call for the mobilization of all European citizens: if NATO does not quickly assume its responsibilities and invite Ukraine to join the Atlantic Alliance, a coalition of willing European states must be established—whether or not they are members of the EU (such as the United Kingdom or Norway).
This coalition could agree on a set of measures.
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Confiscate the €210bn of frozen Russian assets and hand them over to Ukraine. Customary international law allows for such countermeasures.
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Protect Ukrainian airspace and give Ukraine the weapons to win
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Deploy troops from members of the coalition of the willing to Ukraine
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Oppose any agreement which would impose demilitarisation or neutrality on Ukraine
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Oppose any agreement which would not offer Ukraine the security guarantees necessary for its survival
It's Europe time
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