Historians, journalists and attorneys are speaking out publicly for Bogdan’s release. A growing collection of their posts.
Boyun Eğmeyen Fransa, Bogdan Syrotiuk’un serbest bırakılması çağrısı yaptı
Mélenchon’un Boyun Eğmeyen Fransa partisi, düzmece suçlamaları ve Syrotiuk hakkındaki cezanın “kabul edilemez gaddarlığını” kınayarak derhal serbest bırakılması çağrısı yapan bir bildiri yayımladı.
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Uthayan, periódico tamil, al norte de Sri Lanka, publicó un artículo donde apoya la campaña internacional para liberar al socialista ucraniano Bogdan Syrotiuk.
El artículo del domingo en Uthayan se titulaba “La corte entierra una voz contra la guerra.”
La France insoumise fordert die Freilassung von Bogdan Syrotjuk https://www.wsws.org/de/articles/2026/09/09/smlk-s09.html
#FreeBogdan #France #Ukraine
Boyun Eğmeyen Fransa, Bogdan Syrotiuk’un serbest bırakılması çağrısı yaptı
Mélenchon’un Boyun Eğmeyen Fransa partisi, Syrotiuk hakkındaki cezanın “kabul edilemez gaddarlığını” kınayarak derhal serbest bırakılması çağrısı yaptı.
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/tr/articles/2026/09/09
Freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk!
On August 10, Bogdan Syrotiuk, a 27-year-old Ukrainian socialist and outspoken opponent of the US-NATO war against Russia, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. A district court in the Mykolaiv region also ordered the confiscation of his property and
On Monday, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise (LFI) party issued a communiqué condemning the fabricated charges and the “unacceptable brutality” of the sentence against Syrotiuk and calling for his immediate release
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/09/ojqh
IYSSE speakout at QUT demanding freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk, a Ukrainian socialist who opposed war and called for unity of Ukrainian and Russian workers. The Ukrainian regime sentenced him to 15 years in prison - a virtual death sentence
Go to https://freebogdan.wsws.org
#FreeBogda
Суд в Николаеве вводит правило использования исключительно украинского языка, чтобы остановить поток писем с требованием освобождения Богдана Сыротюка
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/ru/articles/2026/09/06/pers-s06.html
Part of the speakout at the University of Melbourne calling for freedom for imprisoned Ukrainian socialist and anti war activist Bogdan Syrotiuk
Sign the petition at https://freebogdan.wsws.org
#FreeBogdan
Bogdan Syrotiuk was sentenced to 15 years in prison for six articles — for opposing the war and calling for the unity of Ukrainian and Russian workers. His "crime" is speaking the truth.
Learn more and help free him at freebogdan.wsws.org!
Link in bio
#FreeBogdan
Bogdan Syrotiuk, a 27-year-old socialist, has been sentenced to 15 years in a Ukrainian prison for writing that Russian and Ukrainian workers have no reason to kill each other.
I demand his immediate and unconditional release, and so should every member of the UAW and every
Bogdan Syrotiuk, a 27-year-old socialist, got 15 years in a Ukrainian prison for writing that Russian and Ukrainian workers have no reason to kill each other.
I demand his immediate, unconditional release. So should every UAW member. Sign the petition. Link in comments.
Kommt morgen 15 Uhr zum Brandenburger Tor!
Fordert die Freilassung des Kriegsgegners Bogdan Syrotjuk, der in der Ukraine zu 15 Jahren Haft verurteilt wurde!
A crucial development in the fight to free Ukrainian socialist opponent of war Bogdan Syrotiuk. Go to: https://freebogdan.wsws.org
The fight to free Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk, sentenced to 15 years in prison for opposing the war, requires your support. To sign the petition, learn more about Bogdan's case, and send a letter to the court that will decide his appeal, go here:
Mykolaiv court invokes Ukrainian-only language rule to stop the inflow of letters demanding #FreeBogadan Syrotiuk. Whatever language, keep sending them. Or use a translation program. Вільний Богдан Сиротюк! Свободу Богдану Сыртюку! ¡Libertad para Bogdan!
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi raises campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk at Istanbul antiwar events https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/03/zpda-s03.html
Ucrania condena a 15 años de prisión a un socialista por oponerse a la guerra
Bogdan Syrotiuk, sentenciado por “alta traición” por 6 artículos publicados en el World Socialist Web Site, y la confiscación y destrucción de sus libros y panfletos.
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Britanya: Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, 50 sendikaya Bogdan Syrotiuk’u savunma çağrısı yaptı
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, işçileri, Bogdan’ın davasını işyerlerinde yaygınlaştırarak, şube ve bölge toplantılarında onu savunan kararlar alarak bu kampanyayı sahiplenmeye çağırıyor.
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I’ve contributed to a short statement to the campaign to free journalist and socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk, who has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Ukraine for articles he wrote opposing the war and calling for solidarity between the people of Russia and Ukraine. Syrotiuk
Libertà per Bogdan!
Attivista e marxista ucraino arrestato dalla “democrazia” di Kiev per aver portato avanti la posizione internazionalista sul conflitto in corso.
Libertà per tutti i compagni!
Se colpiscono uno, colpiscono tutti!
Nella mia bio trovate la petizione da firmare!
#bogda
Ucrania: Condenan a 15 años de cárcel al marxista Bogdan Syrotiuk – un llamado a la solidaridad: https://marxist.com/ucrania-condenan-a-15-anos-de-carcel-al-marxista-bogdan-syrotiuk-un-llamado-a-la-solidaridad.htm
Sign the petition to demand the freedom of Bogdan Syrotiuk, sentenced to 15 years in prison for opposing the war in Ukraine!
https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/freebogdan.html
Bogdan Syrotiuk, militant trotskyste ukrainien, condamné à 15 ans de prison pour trahison.
Motif : six articles anti-guerre en ligne, sans preuve d'espionnage produite au procès.
En Ukraine, écrire contre la guerre est désormais un crime d'État.
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🔴 Un militant marxiste ukrainien anti-guerre condamné à 15 ans de prison : liberté pour Bogdan Syrotiuk !
Une condamnation qui illustre la brutalité de la loi martiale en vigueur en Ukraine, à l’instar de la répression qui sévit en Russie contre les militants anti-guerre.
https:/
@ricwe123 Hope you will publicize and support freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk, the Ukrainian anti-war sentenced to 15 years in prison in a frame-up by the Zelensky regime.
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/25/hoty-a25.html
We demand the British government and PM Andy Burnham, who's enjoying a close relationship with the Ukrainian regime and president Zelensky, intervene in the case of anti-war activist Bogdan Syrotiuk, the Ukrainian anti-war activist sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on charges
Ukrainisches Parlament bestätigt als neuen Verteidigungsminister einen Mann des Staatsschutzes SBU https://www.wsws.org/de/articles/2026/08/23/glzy-a23.html
#Ukraine #Selenskij #FreeBogdan
Excellent interview by @kthalps of @JSternWSWS about Ukraine's conviction of socialist anti war leader to 15 yr sentence on trumped up treason charges. Free Bogdan Syrotiuk!
Kommt um 15 Uhr zum Heinrich - Dahte Platz in Lichtenberg am u-Bahnhof Tierpark und hört Christoph Vandreier, den Spitzenkandidaten der SGP.
Es ist dringend notwendig jetzt eine Arbeiterpartei aufzubauen!
#Berlinwahl #Wahlen #Sozialismus #Trotzkismus #FreeBogdan
Reply by the editorial board of the @WSWS_Updates to an attempt by a member of the British section of the Pabloite international network to sabotage the campaign in defense of jailed Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk.
Pls share widely
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/
#Ucraina #UE #Zelensky #Kyiv
La "Democrazia liberale" in Ucraina.
Il socialista ucraino Bohdan Syrotiuk condannato a 15 anni per alto tradimento. Tra le accuse la “diffusione di contenuti utilizzati dalla propaganda russa” inclusi materiali sul nazismo dilagante in Ucraina.
International support surges for jailed Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/19/ublc-a19.html
#ukraine wants war to continue.
Ukraine: Marxist Bogdan Syrotiuk sentenced to 15 years in prison – a call for solidarity
https://marxist.com/ukraine-marxist-bogdan-syrotiuk-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-a-call-for-solidarity.htm
Tribunal fascista ucraniano condena a 15 años de prisión a Bogdan Syrotiuk, opositor socialista a la guerra
Represión en Ucrania: 15 años de prisión para militante trotskista | Escribe Camilo Márquez https://politicaobrera.com/16752-represion-en-ucrania-15-anos-de-prision-para-militante-trotskista
Bogdan Syrotiuk, attivista socialista ucraino di 27 anni, è stato condannato il 10 agosto a 15 anni di carcere per "alto tradimento in base alla legge marziale".
La sentenza, emessa da un tribunale distrettuale nella regione ucraina di Mykolaiv, prevede anche la confisca dei suoi
Beş kıtadan tarihçiler, doktorlar ve işçiler hapisteki Ukraynalı sosyalist Bogdan Syrotiuk’un serbest bırakılmasını talep ediyor
Bir Ukrayna mahkemesinin, 27 yaşındaki sosyalist Bogdan Syrotiuk’u Ukraynalı ve Rus işçilerin savaşa karşı birliği çağrısı yaptığı için 15 yıl hapse
Orwellian: 15 year prison sentence in Ukraine for "criticism of the glorification of the OUN and UPA, the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, and the use of Nazi and far-right imagery in the military, including Azov and other units."
Aşağıdaki dilekçeyi imzaladım. Ukrayna pro-Nazi rejimi Bogdan Syrotiuk'u savaşı eleştiren bir yazısından dolayı vatana ihanet suçlamasıyla 15 yıl hapse mahkum etti. Bogdan Syrotiuk'a özgürlük!
La democratica Ucraina ha condannato Bogdan Syrotiuk a 15 anni per “alto tradimento” per aver pubblicato articoli critici verso il governo, l’esercito e la narrazione storica nazionale. Malato, gli viene negata l’assistenza medica necessaria. Rischia la vita in carcere.
@justincbzz Bogdan Syrotiuk was just sentenced to 15 years in prison 4 days ago. The “evidence” against him was his writing for World Socialist Web Site.
#FreeBogdan
Join the fight to free Bogdan Syrotiuk, Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist! Send statements of support!
🖊️ SIGN THE PETITION
wsws.org/freebogdan
📰 Read more on the WSWS. DM for clickable link
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/11/oqko-a11.html
#FreeBogdan #antiwar
Anti-War Ukrainian Socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
27-year-old Ukrainian anti-war socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Zelensky government solely for his anti-war writings and political views. Those who advocate an
La libertà di stampa nella democratica #Ucraina
Bogdan Syrotiuk condannato a 15 anni di carcere "per "alto tradimento in base alla legge marziale" per sei articoli (che tra l'altro esplicitano la sua opposizione all'invasione russa e al regime di Putin).
https://www.wsws.org/en/art
Fascist Ukrainian court sentences Bogdan Syrotiuk, socialist opponent of war, to 15 years in prison
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/11/oqko-a11.html
Fascist Ukrainian court sentences Bogdan Syrotiuk, socialist opponent of war, to 15 years in prison https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/11/oqko-a11.html
On Aug. 10, a sham Ukrainian court convicted 27-yr-old socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk of "treason" for opposing US-NATO war against Russia, imposing 15 yr sentence.
His "crime" was possessing WSWS articles & opposing fascist "national heroes" like Stepan Bandera.
Free Bogdan!👇
@IuliiaMendel Bogdan Syrotiuk is also being prosecuted on such a basis, even though the "linguistic examination" failed. The Ukrainian courts do the bidding of the SBU, which does the bidding of world imperialism.
Join the campaign to free our imprisoned comrade!
https://www.wsws.o
Préface du livre: « La guerre en Ukraine et la lutte pour le socialisme: le cas de Bogdan Syrotiuk» https://www.wsws.org/fr/articles/2026/06/12/tvdj-j12.html
Preface to the book: “The Ukraine War and the Fight for Socialism: The Case of Bogdan Syrotiuk”
The volume brings together for the first time the most important statements and articles on the case. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/11/axwe-j11.html
Preface to the book: “The Ukraine War and the Fight for Socialism: The Case of #BogdanSyrotiuk”
The volume “The Ukraine War and the Fight for Socialism: The Case of Bogdan Syrotiuk” brings together for the first time the most important statements and articles on the case.
https://w
Successful meeting at Berlin’s Humboldt University calls for the freedom of Bogdan Syrotiuk https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/82a7-j03.html
A third linguistic expert opinion requested by the court weakens the prosecution's case against 26-year-old Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk, charged with “state treason under martial law.” If convicted, he faces 15 years to life in prison.
Ukraynalı sosyalist genç aktivist Bogdan Syrotiuk, NATO-Rusya savaşına karşı çıktığı için Nisan 2024’te Ukrayna Güvenlik Servisi tarafından tutuklandı.
26 yaşındaki Troçkist aktivist, “sıkıyönetim altında vatana ihanet” suçlamasıyla 15 yıldan müebbede kadar hapis tehdidiyle
Uzman raporu Bogdan Syrotiuk aleyhindeki düzmece davayı çürütüyor: Bogdan’ın özgürlüğü için uluslararası kampanyayı büyütelim!
Bogdan’a özgürlük mücadelesi, özünde Ukrayna, Rusya ve dünya genelinde işçi sınıfını savaşa karşı seferber etme mücadelesidir.
https://www.wsws.org/tr/arti
Can you imagine spending a year and a half in a Ukrainian dungeon?
Can you imagine what daily life would be like?
Bogdan Syrotiuk stands for truth and authentic left-wing politics. He has more courage and integrity in his little toe than all of these lying NAFO pigs combined.
Check out the latest on imprisoned Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk.
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To sign the petition and support the campaign with a donation click here: https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/freebogdan.html
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/13/lcmz-o13.html
@AdvokatNoll
@derJamesJackson Meanwhile, in Ukraine, socialist youth leader Bogdan Syrotiuk was arrested for "high treason". His "crime"? He has opposed the war in Ukraine by fighting for the unity of the Russian and Ukrainian working class. The ECHR recently accepted his case:
Please share & sign the petition to free the Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk, now imprisoned for 1+y. Also consider donating to the campaign to free him.
All links & info here
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@kthalps @TarikCyrilAmar
@aiww
@AdvokatNoll
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/freebogda
Exactly one year ago, on April 25, 2024, our Comrade Bogdan Syrotiuk, aged 25 at the time, was arrested by the Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU). Bogdan is a socialist opponent of the war in Ukraine and is a leading member of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists (YGBL),
We are in a world full of political prisoners. One such prisoner is Bogdan Syrotiuk, a young socialist jailed for nearly a year by the US-backed government in Ukraine simply for opposing both the Ukrainian & Russian gvm'ts role in the war. Free Bogdan!!
https://www.wsws.org/en/spe
With the case against Bogdan Syrotiuk, Trotskyism is on trial in #Ukraine. Bogdan is not charged for any actions but for his ideas, a "thoughtcrime". The struggle to #freeBogdan is indispensable to the fight to defend democratic rights & oppose war.
https://www.wsws.org/en/article
Six months ago, Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk was arrested by the SBU, the state security service of the fascistic Zelensky regime in Ukraine. #FreeBogdan #FreeBogdanSyrotiuk https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/10/26/veur-o26.html
Amidst a near-complete blackout by the mainstream media, the campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk continues to find support throughout the world https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/06/20/hxwl-j20.html
Following a report by @WSWS_Updates on its ban by the Ukrainian government and international pickets at Ukrainian embassies last week, hundreds have signed the petition to #FreeBogdan.
Campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk spreads amid official media blackout
Wir verlasen heute vor der ukrainischen Botschaft in Berlin einen offenen Brief zur Freilassung des Sozialisten #FreeBogdan Syrotjuk aus einem ukrainischen Gefängnis. Das Personal versteckte sich in der Botschaft und weigerte sich, den Brief anzunehmen.
This Open Letter demanding that the Zelensky regime halt its frame-up of socialist leader Bogdan Syrotiuk and release him from prison is addressed to the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova. Support the fight for Bogdan's freedom.
Check out campaign and sign the petition at @worldsocialistwebsite
Fantastic statement that threads together the world situation and the real reason Bogdan is under arrest is that they're afraid of a leftwing workers movement that'll stop workers being cannon fodder..1/
Free Bogdan Syrotiuk!
Demand the release of Bogdan Syrotiuk, socialist opponent of NATO’s proxy war, from a Ukrainian prison https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/05/01/aysm-m01.html
Demand the release of Bogdan Syrotiuk, socialist opponent of NATO’s proxy war, from a Ukrainian prison https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/05/01/aysm-m01.html
Find the international Youth and Students for Social Equality in the Hub at VUW today.
Speak with us about the fight to free Bogdan Syrotiuk, a Ukrainian socialist sentenced to 15 years in prison for opposing the war. #FreeBogdan #FreeBogdanSyrotiuk
WSWS readers in Asia demand the release of Bogdan Syrotiuk
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/09/fira-s09.html
#FreeBogdan #Asia
IYSSE speakout at University of Newcastle calling for freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk, a Ukrainian socialist who opposed war and called for unity of Ukrainian and Russian workers. The fascistic Ukrainian regime sentenced him to 15 years in prison
https://freebogdan.wsws.org
#FreeBogdan
Historians Wendy Goldman, Lewis Siegelbaum, other academics and workers demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/09/vqlc-s09.html
WSWS readers in Asia demand the release of Bogdan Syrotiuk
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/09/fira-s09.html
“The case of Bogdan Syrotiuk shows: War abroad requires repression at home” #FreeBogdan #Ukraine #Russia #WW3 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/07/fbhn-s07.html
Australian filmmaker James Ricketson demands the release of Bogdan Syrotiuk https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/07/sbty-s07.html
15 years in prison on charges of “high treason” under martial law for Bogdan Syrotiuk, who called on Ukrainian and Russian workers to unite against the war and against the governments waging it.
Sign the petition to free Bogdan Syrotiuk!
https://freebogdan.wsws.org/?utm_source=wsws
Part of the speakout at the University of Melbourne calling for freedom for imprisoned Ukrainian socialist and anti war activist Bogdan Syrotiuk
Sign the petition at freebogdan.wsws.org
Link in bio
#FreeBogdan
Free Bogdan Syrotiuk!
Dear followers and comrades in arms. On August 10, 2026, a Ukrainian court sentenced Bogdan Syrotiuk, a 27-year-old Trotskyist and opponent of the US-NATO war against Russia, to 15 years in prison for a thought crime. For trying to unite Ukrainian and Russian workers. Please
Mıkolayiv mahkemesi, Bogdan’a özgürlük talep eden mektup akışını durdurmak için “sadece Ukraynaca” kuralına başvuruyor
Bogdan’a özgürlük mücadelesi genişletilmelidir. Dilekçeyi imzalayanların sayısı binlerce artmalıdır. Kişiler ve örgütler İstinaf Mahkemesi’ne mektup göndererek
New website for the fight to free Bogdan Syrotiuk has just launched. This is a major advance. Learn more about the campaign, sign the petition & send a letter to the court demanding the freedom of a socialist opposed to the war in Ukraine. Website below 👇
Students from Western Sydney University and Macquarie University in Sydney support the campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk. They raised how his persecution threatens journalists, the need to speak out while governments silence dissent, its link to the persecution of pro-Palestinian
The demand that all letters be submitted in Ukrainian is an attempt to discourage and suppress public expressions of support for Bogdan Syrotiuk which have flooded in since August 10, when the Pervomaisk City District Court in Mykolaiv sentenced the 27-year-old Syrotiuk founder
The Socialist Equality Group's Tom Peters and John Braddock spoke with @1Yuriyouri about the global campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk, a Ukrainian socialist sentenced to 15 years in prison for opposing the war. #FreeBogdanSyrotiuk #FreeBogdan #StoptheWarinUkraine
“History is littered with a plethora of men who start homicidal wars. In far fewer numbers, history is peppered with courageous men who stand up to the behemoth of war and say ‘No!’ Bogdan Syrotiuk is such a man.”
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/03/vhmf-s03.htm
Ucrania condena a 15 años de prisión a un socialista por oponerse a la guerra
Bogdan Syrotiuk fue sentenciado por “alta traición” por seis artículos publicados en el World Socialist Web Site. El veredicto ordena la confiscación y destrucción de sus libros y panfletos, generando
Ukrayna Savaşı ve Sosyalizm Mücadelesi: Bogdan Syrotiuk Davası’nın Almanca basımına önsöz
Bu kitap pasif bir okuma için hazırlanmış bir belge değildir. Bu kitap, siyasi mücadelede bir silahtır.
Önsözün tamamı için wsws.org
Görsel: Almanca basımın kapağı (@mehringverlag)
Rusya, Fransa ve Türkiye’den sosyalist örgütler ve Kaliforniya’dan akademisyenler Bogdan Syrotiuk’a özgürlük talep ediyor
Ukraynalı sosyalist tutsak Bogdan Syrotiuk için başlatılan küresel kampanya büyüyor: Rusya, Türkiye, Almanya, Fransa ve Meksika’dan sosyalist örgütler ve
>> Britanya’daki Savaşı Durdurun Koalisyonu (@STWuk): Bogdan Syrotiuk’u serbest bırakın
Bu açıklama, büyük medya ambargosu da dahil olmak üzere Bogdan’ın savunma kampanyasını susturma çabalarına indirilmiş bir darbedir.
#FreeBogdan @Ukraine
https://www.wsws.org/tr/articles/2026/08/2
Campaign to free Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk discussed on NZ Māori radio https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/26/ingo-a26.html
Donate to the campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk! Go to wsws.org/freebogdan
🇺🇦 La répression contre les militants pacifistes et l'opposition de gauche s'accentue en Ukraine.
Bogdan Syrotiouk, 27 ans, a été condamné à 15 ans de prison pour avoir écrit des articles sur le site web trotskiste World Socialist Web Site (WSWS).
At least a dozen left-wing political organizations in 11 countries have publicly backed the campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk, the Ukrainian socialist sentenced to 15 years in prison on August 10 for opposing the war. Lend your support. #ukraine #russia
The Stop the War Coalition has responded to the Socialist Equality Party's request to defend our comrade, Bogdan Syrotiuk.
Their statement notes that he was "sentenced to 15 years imprisonment" on "charges of 'high treason' under martial law for opposing NATO and for calling for
El pasado 10 de agosto se hizo pública la condena a 15 años de prisión a un socialista por supuesta alta traición en Ucrania. ¿La causa? La publicación de artículos antibelicistas llamando a trabajadores rusos y ucranianos a la unidad.
https://www.wsws.org/es/articles/2026/08/19/d
On Aug. 10, a court in Ukraine sentenced Bogdan Syrotiuk, a 27-year-old antiwar socialist, to 15 years in prison for writing that Russian and Ukrainian workers have no reason to kill each other, and calling on them to unite against the war.
I demand his immediate and
Unterstützt den inhaftierten ukrainischen Sozialisten Bogdan Syrotjuk! #FreeBogdan
Weltweit wächst die Opposition gegen die Inhaftierung des 27-jährigen Sozialisten Bogdan Syrotjuk, der von einem ukrainischen Gericht wegen „Hochverrats“ zu 15 Jahren Haft verurteilt wurde, weil er
WSWS readers and left press in Türkiye demand the release of Bogdan Syrotiuk
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/21/ndut-a21.html
Liberté pour le militant trotskyste Bogdan Syrotiuk qui vient d'être condamné à 15 ans de prison pour haute trahison car il a dénoncé la propagande nationaliste ukrainienne et appelé dès 2022 les travailleurs russes & ukrainiens à s’unir contre la guerre.
https://www.lutte-ouvrier
On August 10, a Ukrainian court sentenced socialist activist Bogdan Syrotiuk to 15 years in prison for high treason for supposedly aiding Russia in its war against Ukraine. Its evidence consisted of six articles Syrotiuk wrote for The World Socialist Website (WSWS.org), in which
Bogdan Syrotiuk è recluso in Ucraina da più di due anni ed ora dovrà scontare 15 anni di carcere duro per la sua opposizione alla guerra e per la sua denuncia della riabilitazione del fascista ucraino Bandera.
Sono molto pronti per entrare nella EU, ve’?
For reference, r*pe has a maximum of only 5 years in Ukraine.
There is nothing the bourgeois state hates more than an individual who dares to preach peace and not war. Who dares to speak in favour of class solidarity instead of nationalist hate.
Solidarity with Bogdan and all
The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) has issued an urgent appeal to the Stop the War Coalition (STWC), the leadership of the anti-war movement in Britain, to take action and publicise the plight of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk, sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment by the
Socialist Equality Party (UK) calls on Britain’s Stop the War Coalition to defend Bogdan Syrotiuk https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/17/smoq-a17.html
Bogdan Syrotiuk, attivista socialista ucraino di 27 anni, è stato condannato il 10 agosto a 15 anni di carcere per "alto tradimento in base alla legge marziale".
La sentenza, emessa da un tribunale distrettuale nella regione ucraina di Mykolaiv, prevede anche la confisca dei suoi
Well this doesn't look good. #Ukraine #world #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism
Johannes Stern RT kanalında: Bogdan Syrotiuk “sosyalist düşünceleri nedeniyle” mahkûm edildi
Stern, canlı yayında savaşa karşı çıkan yazıları nedeniyle 15 yıl hapis cezasına çarptırılan 27 yaşındaki Ukraynalı Troçkist Bogdan Syrotiuk’un serbest bırakılması için yürütülen
I’m reading the 🇺🇦court verdict against socialist Bohdan Syrotiuk, who was sentenced to 15 years for high treason. Among the accusations against him is the “dissemination of content used by Russian propaganda,” including material about Nazism in Ukraine.
That includes criticism
A young Ukrainian guy from a poor family, raised by a single mother, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for "high treason... under martial law" for writing several articles for a marginal Trotskyist media outlet.
"What was the subversive content? According to the court, the
Both Russia and Ukraine have persecuted anti-war activists. Boris Kagarlitsky, one of Russia's top leftist intellectuals, is serving a five-year sentence for criticizing the invasion of Ukraine.
Kyiv's crackdown on Ukrainian dissidents gets far less Western attention. Ukrainian
Send statements demanding the overturning of the verdict and Bogdan’s immediate release to the Pervomaisk City District Court at inbox@pm.mk.court.gov.ua, with copies to the World Socialist Web Site at freebogdan@wsws.org. #freebogdan #ukraine #antiwar
German historian Mario Kessler has issued a principled statement in defense of Bogdan Syrotiuk, a socialist war opponent who was just wrongfully sentenced to 15 years for "high treason" by a Ukrainian prison.
#FreeBogdan
#Ukraine
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/13/wkae-a13.
Throughout more than four years of war, the American and European media have continuously suppressed information about political repression in Ukraine. The silence has a definite function. It protects the basic lie upon which public support for the war has been constructed: that
Political repressions in Ukraine under Zelensky
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Bogdan has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for six articles.
What was the subversive content? According to the court, the articles contained “non-recognition of Ukraine’s legitimately elected political leadership and
Fascist Ukrainian court sentences Bogdan Syrotiuk, socialist opponent of war, to 15 years in prison https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/11/oqko-a11.html
We appeal to workers, trade unions, student and youth organizations, civil liberties groups, and socialist and anti-war movements in every country: Take up Bogdan’s case. Pass resolutions in your workplaces, unions, schools and universities demanding his release. Issue public
On August 10, Bogdan Syrotiuk, a 27-year-old Ukrainian socialist and opponent of the US-NATO war against Russia, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The verdict, handed down by a district court in the Nikolaev region, also orders the confiscation of his property and electronic
Video: „Freiheit für den sozialistischen Kriegsgegner Bogdan Syrotjuk!
Stoppt den Ukrainekrieg!“ https://www.wsws.org/de/articles/2026/06/21/spxb-j21.html
#Ukrainekrieg #Kiew #Asow #Russland #Ukraine FreeBogdan
The volume “The Ukraine War and the Fight for Socialism: The Case of Bogdan Syrotiuk” brings together for the first time the most important statements and articles on the case.
Preface to the book: “The Ukraine War and the Fight for Socialism: The Case of Bogdan Syrotiuk” https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/11/axwe-j11.html
In April 2024, Bogdan Syrotiuk, Ukrainian socialist and leading member of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists, was arrested by the Ukrainian secret service - Preface: “The Ukraine War and the Fight for Socialism: The Case of Bogdan Syrotiuk”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/202
Toplumsal Eşitlik için Uluslararası Gençlik ve Öğrenciler (@IYSSE_DE), Berlin’deki Humboldt Üniversitesi’nde “Bogdan Syrotiuk’a özgürlük! Ukrayna’daki savaşı durdurun!” başlıklı bir toplantı düzenledi.
Ukraynalı Troçkist Bogdan Nisan 2024’ten beri hapiste.
https://www.wsws.org/tr/a
Yeni uzman görüşü, Bogdan Syrotiuk davasının hukuksuzluğunu daha fazla sergiliyor
Bogdan, Troçkist olduğu için Kiev rejimi tarafından kasıtlı ve siyasi amaçlı bir zulme tabi tutulmaktadır.
https://www.wsws.org/tr/articles/2026/05/18/kwnp-m18.html
New expert opinion deepens debacle for prosecution of Bogdan Syrotiuk https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/11/oyig-m11.html
🔴 Sosyalist siyasi tutsak Bogdan Syrotiuk’a açılan dava çökerken, Ukrayna devleti acilen gereken tıbbi bakımı kasten engelliyor.
Tüm okurlarımızı kampanya metnini imzalamaya ve tıbbi prosedürün derhal uygulanmasını talep etmeye çağırıyoruz.
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/tr/artic
The campaign to free Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk has reached a decisive turning point with the publication of a forensic linguistic analysis that shatters the fraudulent case against him
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/10/rckq-d10.html
@MewskersTDP @EricLeeAtty NAFO is the semi-official coordinated trolling operation of the NATO alliance. The fact that NAFO has assigned its accounts to defend the imprisonment of Bogdan Syrotiuk underscores that his persecution by the Zelensky regime is carried out on behalf of
Ukraynalı sosyalist siyasi mahpus Bogdan Syrotiuk’un serbest bırakılması için yürütülen kampanyayı desteklemek için http://wsws.org/freebogdan adresine gidin, dilekçeyi imzalayın ve Bogdan’ın davasının mümkün olduğunca geniş kitlelere duyurulmasına yardımcı olun.
#FreeBogdan
@EmmaMAshford Negotiated peace now. Elections in Ukraine now. Free Bogdan Syrotiuk now. Genuine democracy now.
#Ukraine
Socialist activist Bogdan Syrotiuk has been held captive for one year in Ukraine, & faces up to life in prison for treason, despite opposing the Russian invasion.
His primary crime appears to have been writing an article for @WSWS_Updates
Read more here:
https://www.wsws.org/en/arti
🛑 ONE YEAR IMPRISONED: #FreeBogdan Syrotiuk!
On April 25, 2024, Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk, then 25, was arrested by the SBU. His “crime”? Opposing the war and fighting for socialist internationalism.
#FreeBogdan #MayDay2025
The Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists condemns with contempt the smear campaign based on the claim that the International Committee's “negligence” in security matters was to blame for the arrest of our comrade, Bogdan Syrotiuk. #FreeBogdan 🔗⬇️
Free Bogdan Syrotiuk! https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/16/pwel-d16.html
Free Bogdan Syrotyuk!
Sign the petition today! https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/10/26/veur-o26.html
Following a report by the WSWS on its ban by the Ukrainian government and international pickets at Ukrainian embassies last week, hundreds have signed the petition to #FreeBogdan.
Campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk spreads amid official media blackout
1/ ICFI mounts international pickets demanding the Ukrainian government release Bogdan Syrotiuk: The pickets were held sequentially at Ukrainian embassies and consulates in Istanbul, Paris, London, Berlin, Washington D.C., Toronto, Canberra and Sydney. #FreeBogdan
Ukraine Detains Socialist Writer, Bans World Socialist Web Site
Writer Bogdan Syrotiuk has been detained and a prominent socialist site blocked, while a new list of Ukrainian media enemies is released. The Western press response? Silence
https://www.racket.news/p/ukraine-detains-so
Mit der Anklage Syrotjuks wegen Hochverrats sollen die 🇺🇦 Arbeiter und Jugendlichen eingeschüchtert werden, die sich zunehmend das vom Imperialismus unterstützte Selenskij-Regime wenden und den eskalierenden Krieg gegen Russland ablehnen.
#FreeBogdan
https://www.wsws.org/de/artic
True to its fascist character, the Ukrainian regime is operating on the basis of the well-known precept of Hitler and his propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels: “The bigger the lie, the more readily it will be believed.”
#FreeBogdan #NoWar #Ukraine
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2
Free Bogdan Syrotiuk, Thank you David North for Exposing Zelenski for what he is.
Die Kampagne, die die sofortige Freilassung des Sozialisten Bogdan Syrotiuk aus der Haft durch das #Selenskyj-Regime in der #Ukraine fordert, findet international immer mehr Unterstützung. Unterzeichnet die Petition http://change.org/freebogdan! #FreeBogdan
Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk, a fighter for a unified struggle of Ukrainian and Russian workers against the reactionary war of the regimes in Kiev and Moscow, has been arrested on trumped-up charges by the fascistic Zelensky dictatorship. Demand his freedom! #FreeBogdan
