Day of Dignity and Freedom

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The Day of Dignity and Freedom is a Ukrainian national holiday that honors the pro-European Euromaidan protests and the country’s struggle for democracy and human rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ukrainian national holiday
public holiday
alsoKnownAs Den Hidnosti ta Svobody
Day of Dignity and Freedom
surface form: День Гідності та Свободи
appliesToJurisdiction Ukraine
commemorates Orange Revolution
surface form: Orange Revolution of 2004

start of Euromaidan protests in 2013
country Ukraine
establishedBy President of Ukraine
frequency annual
hasCause Euromaidan
surface form: Euromaidan movement

struggle against authoritarianism in Ukraine
hasTopic commemoration of protest victims
political freedoms in Ukraine
rule of law in Ukraine
honors Euromaidan
surface form: Euromaidan protests

Ukraine’s struggle for democracy
Ukraine’s struggle for human rights
inception 2014
languageOfName Ukrainian
legalForm presidential decree
locationOfCelebration Kyiv
Maidan Nezalezhnosti
monthOfObservation November
observedBy Ukrainian civil society organizations
Ukrainian government institutions
citizens of Ukraine
observedOn 21 November
partOf Ukrainian pro-European orientation
relatedTo Euromaidan
Orange Revolution
Революція Гідності
surface form: Revolution of Dignity
significance marks Ukraine’s pro-European choice
remembrance of protesters killed during Euromaidan
symbolizes European values
Ukrainian sovereignty
civil liberties
theme democracy
dignity
freedom
human rights
typeOfCelebration laying flowers at memorials
memorial ceremonies
public speeches

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Euromaidan commemoratedBy Day of Dignity and Freedom
Day of Dignity and Freedom alsoKnownAs Day of Dignity and Freedom
this entity surface form: День Гідності та Свободи