An Evening with Human Rights Defender Maksym Butkevych
Feb 4, 2026 5:30 pm
Levis Faculty Center, Room 208
- Sponsor
- Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
- Speaker
- Maksym Butkevych
- Contact
- Samuel Veremchuk
- samuelv7@illinois.edu
- Originating Calendar
- Slavic Events
Join us for an evening with Maksym Butkevych as he shares his experiences defending human rights on and off the battlefield, of captivity during the ongoing Russian war, and methods of building solidarity in Ukraine and beyond.
Maksym Butkevych is a Ukrainian journalist, human rights defender, civil society activist, and officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was a POW for over 2 years, and now he speaks on behalf of those still imprisoned by Russia, human rights for all, and on anti-imperial solidarity.