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Empty Chair Campaign in Kyiv

© Oleksandr Khomenko
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© Oleksandr Khomenko

Empty Chair Campaign in Kyiv

Photograph of the Ukrainian Centre’s Empty Chair Campaign, which was staged in Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv on 15 November 2018 – the date of the annually observed Day of the Imprisoned Writer – to protest cases of incarcerated writers, including the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, whose name can be seen on the chair at the centre and forefront of the photograph. This campaign was co-organised by the Ukrainian Centre, the Centre for Civil Liberties, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine. This photograph was taken by Oleksandr Khomenko.

Empty Chair Campaign in Kyiv

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Campaña de la Silla Vacía en Kiev

Fotografía de la campaña de la Silla Vacía del Centro Ucraniano, celebrada en la plaza Mykhailivska en Kiev, el 15 de noviembre de 2018, fecha en la que anualmente se celebra el Día del Escritor Encarcelado, para protestar contra los casos de escritores encarcelados, como el cineasta ucraniano Oleg Sentsov, cuyo nombre consta en una silla a primer plano. La campaña fue coorganizada entre el Centro Ucraniano, el Centre for Civil Liberties, el ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Ucrania, y el ministerio de Cultura y de Políticas de la Información de Ucraina.Esta fotografía fue tomada por Oleksandr Khomenko.

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15/11/2018

Creator:

Oleksandr Khomenko

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Ukrainian Centre  (Український ПЕН)

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