On March 10, 2022, Etsy, a global online marketplace, blocked all account stores of russian artists, sculptors, designers, including accounts of russians living abroad, justifying this by "Expanding business restrictions in the sellers' region", with the removal of all listings and access to Etsy support or community.
We have faced blatant facts of discrimination against Russian citizens and ethnic Russians living in and outside the territory of the Russian Federation, which includes Discrimination based on national origin, as well as Regional and geographical Discrimination.
And Etsy also violates UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/69/160 on combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of modern forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance - a document adopted on November 21, 2014 by the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly on Social and Humanitarian Issues issues and December 18 by the plenary session of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.
Russian sellers of Etsy insist on
unblocking all Russian stores on Etsy Platform and allowing sellers to decide for themselves how to fulfill their obligations to customers, they way is used to be before accounts removal, on fixing the issue with Russian users' stores functioning and payment procedures
We recall to the world community to condemn xenophobia regarding the national origin of Russians. Anyone might become next, don't step aside!