The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association has issued the following
statement: "Canada should not be a haven for any war criminals. There
should be no statute of limitations on bringing any war criminals found
here, or anywhere else, to justice. We have recently launched an international
campaign asking Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko, himself a second
generation Holocaust survivor whose father was a prisoner at Auschwitz,
to set up an official Commission of Inquiry on Soviet War Crimes and Crimes
Against Humanity in Ukraine. "We do not discriminate amongst war
criminals on the basis of the alleged wrongdoer's ethnic, religious, political
beliefs, or racial heritage, or the period or place where a war crime or
crime against humanity was committed. "We hallow all victims of genocide,
equally. We do not elevate the sufferings of the Ukrainian nation above
all others nor do we insist that investigations aimed at uncovering those
who were involved in the murder of many millions of Ukrainians before,
during and after the Second World War be given priority over any other
inquiries. "We believe that individuals are guilty of war crimes
and crimes against humanity, not their communities, and we reject as racist
and prejudicial all attempts to stereotype entire peoples, faith groups,
or nations as somehow being guilty of the crimes of a few. "Where
evidence exists that might lead to the identification, apprehension, and
prosecution of a war criminal we have consistently said that such persons
should be tried in Canadian criminal courts. "We believe that all
Canadians support us when we insist that any person who participated in
war crimes or crimes against humanity should be brought to justice, without
exception."