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Case over death of Ihor Indylo sent for further investigation
15.05.2012
The Kyiv Court of Appeal has ordered further investigation in the criminal prosecution of two police officers charged of involvement in the death of Ihor Indylo in the Shevchenkivsky Police Station in Kyiv in May 2010. It has thus allowed the application from Ihor’s parents and the lawyer representing them
Gongadze lawyer: Pukach ordered surveillance documents destroyed
08.05.2012
This was apparently stated on Monday by a former employee of the relevant police department during the latest hearing into the case, all of which are being held behind closed doors
No end to lies and subterfuge over Gongadze’s murder
07.05.2012
In the still secret trial of former police general, Oleksy Pukach, the prosecution of refusing to call witnesses who could shed light on the motives for Gongadze’s murder in September 200 and the identity of those who ordered the killing
Pukach changes testimony in Gongadze murder trial
26.04.2012
Former Police General Oleksy Pukach who is charged over the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze in September 2000 is claiming to the court that “he was saving Ukraine from a dangerous spy who was threatening Ukraine’s statehood”.
Three former police officers sentenced over death of Yevhen Zvenigorodsky
09.04.2012
In March 2011 32-year-old Yevhen Zvenigorodsky was taken out of a Kharkiv police station and left to die on a city square
Eight men jailed over falsification of Alexandrov murder case
27.03.2012
Eight people, four of them ex-police officers have been convicted of falsifying the material of the criminal case in which Yury Veredyuk was accused of murdering journalist Ihor Aleksandrov. AlAA
Examination of appeal over Indylo case verdicts deferred
23.03.2012
The Kyiv Court of Appeal has posponed until 12 April the next hearing into the appeal against the verdicts handed down over the death of student Ihor Indylo in a police station
Trial begins of police officers over death of Laslo Kolomparov
23.03.2012
39-year-old Laslo Kolomparov died during the night of 15 January 2011after upposedly jumped out of a window of the Loziv Police Station. He had a closed head and skull injury, concussion, numerous rib fractures, an injury to the chest cage, a broken shoulder and burst liver and bladder.
Gongadze case: New excuse, same lack of transparency
20.03.2012
The Pechersky District Court in Kyiv has yet again refused to make the trial of former police general Oleksy Pukach charged over the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze open.
Totally ignored
19.03.2012
The authorities have simply ignored the vital questions raised by a number of journalist organizations regarding the Gongadze case. These are now to be sent as information requests in accordance with the Information Act
Donbas Miners: Neither decent working conditions, nor a normal burial
10.02.2012
Civic activists believe that the authorities, including the Mayor and Luhansk Regional Governor, Prystyuk are positively hampering any efforts to bring out the bodies of two miners killed in the latest tragedy at an illegal mine. Each body is more "trouble" for them, more undesirable evidence
25-year-old dies following police interrogation
10.02.2012
On 8 February in the Budyonovsk District Police Station in Donetsk a young man died after being “invited to the station” to give testimony in a criminal investigation regarding a robbery.
Black Gold mixed with Blood
06.02.2012
The illegal mines in the Donbas region which the authorities pretend have been eradicated or somehow made “legal” continue to claim lives with men often simply left to die when accidents occur
Journalists demand real investigation into Gongadze case
31.01.2012
Stop Censorship, the Ukrainian Media Association and RWB demand an open trial of Oleksy Pukach; a criminal investigation over pressure on the investigators with regard to Volodymyr Lytvyn and others whom Pukach’s testimony alleges are implicated in the crime.
Deaths in Remand Cells must be investigated
28.01.2012
The alarming trend towards an increase in deaths in police custody or penal institutions seen over the last two years is not letting up, with two young men dying in unclear circumstances just in the last week.
21-year-old dies in Kyiv Remand Prison, supposedly electrocuted
25.01.2012
Following a report on his Facebook page by TVi journalist Konstyantin Usov, the State Penitentiary Service has issued a statement on its website regarding the death of a young man last night, 24 January. As can be seen below this diverges considerably from the journalist’s report
Myroslava Gongadze: “A Country that launders criminals”
25.01.2012
"President Kuchma’s lawyers and their client claim to be interested in uncovering the truth in the Gongadze case, but are in fact opposing the course of justice. They are using formal grounds to get the case brought against Kuchma declared unlawful".
Court of Appeal upholds ruling closing prosecution against Kuchma
21.01.2012
The Kyiv Court of Appeal on Friday 20 January upheld the decision of the Pechersky District Court in Kyiv on 14 December 2011 which quashed the criminal proceedings against former Presidentt Kuchma in connection with Georgy Gongadze’s murder
2011 Black Calendar of Deaths in Police Custody
17.01.2012
The Association of Ukrainian Human Rights Monitors on Law Enforcement has compiled a harrowing report on death in police custody during 2011. Of the 35 deaths, 7 people hanged themselves, and 5 jumped from windows
Ihor Indylo’s parents appeal rulings over son’s death
13.01.2012
Oleksandr Zarutsky, lawyer representing the parents of Ihor Indylo, the student who died on the eve of his twentieth birthday in police custody has lodged three appeals
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