If you answered our call and added your vote, thank you! The park remains under threat of destruction with a part of it having been taken away through a suspect local authority decision and could be flooded if Energoatom has its way
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An interview with Volodymyr Yavorsky, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union regarding legitimate restrictions on access to information and problems in this sphere in Ukraine
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The new textbook for Russian teachers of history presents Stalin as a “rational manager”, effectively justifies and downplays the scale of the Terror, and presents the murder of thousands of Polish prisoners of war as an “answer” to the killing of Red Army soldiers in the war of 1920
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One of the main slogans of the protest was from the song by Alexander Galich which he wrote after Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces moved in to Czechoslovakia to crush the Prague Spring: “Citizens, our country is in danger. Our tanks are on foreign soil!”
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“Our action is in memory of how 40 years ago seven people went out onto Red Square. That was a breath of freedom and a serious step towards overcoming our own fear. The fear is again appearing ..."
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Ukraine has every reason to cherish its statehood and to cultivate pluralism of opinion and diversity of culture. It needs support in ensuring that this is preserved
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The judge criticized Khodorkovsky for not having gained a profession while imprisoned and used this as grounds for concluding that he wasn’t trying to reform
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A new department was created this year within the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and with it the jobs of Assistants to the Minister of the MIA. Their task is to monitor observance of human rights in the work of the law enforcement agencies.
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A great deal about the case was discussed in the world media in July, largely because this is an ominous precedent, with a person being convicted over remarks made in the Live Journal
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Imposing any views, however “correct”, in the media, inevitably leads, as in Soviet times to the emergence of dissidents. Is it not better to trust the audience, rely on their ability to distinguish truth from lies?
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The Prymorsky Court in Odessa has rescheduled the examination of the application brought by the Odessa City Prosecutor against the newspaper “Nashe dyelo” until 16 September
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Halya Coynash On apparent efforts to fuel discord between different ethnic groups in the Crimean media and the techniques applied to manipulate the audience
The official statement issued by the Prosecutor General’s Office arouses concern as to the level of legal awareness of a person called upon by the Constitution to oversee observance of human rights and adherence to the law in this sphere
Halya Coynash Why do we tolerate untruth in the media? On the vital force of outrage at being conned and treated like idiots in the fight against paid news items, propaganda and other lies
Halya Coynash On a repulsive Hitler doll, fighting stereotypes and shoddy journalism and on some success in asserting our right to truthful information
Approach us when you are offered “sensational information” concerning Ukraine. We are NOT asking that you take our word for it. Quite the contrary – we would ask you to check all information and present differing points of view.
This is what all of us, including your audiences, are entitled to expect.
